Punta Mesco
In the evening, the sun hides behind Punta Mesco, and the soft blue light that is characteristic of the daylight of Monterosso is dissolved into the fiery red light of sundown. The sky becomes electrified as it illuminates the homes, mountains, fields and roads as well as the souls of the people that are fortunate enough to be there at that precise moment.
Punta mesco dissolves the day into night but also, acting as the geographic confine, disperses the enchanting territory of the Cinque Terre into the rest of the Ligurian coast. The magnificent cliffs and reefs definitely merit a visit as does a walk up to the famed abandoned light house with its view of the dramatic precipice of rocks overhanging the sea. This is truly a highly emotional experience at sundown.

The Statue of the Giant
This statue, portraying Neptune, is a strange, original and imposing sculpture in reinforced cement. It was the inspiration of the architect Francesco Levacher and sculpted, in 1910, by the artist Arrigo Minerbi. Before the last war this Neptune embellished the Villa Pastina that was destroyed during the bombardments of 1943. It was transferred to this cliff in the 1950’s.