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Tellaro.. If it hadn't been for my friend sending me a picture he accidentally found of it on Facebook,
I would have probably already forgotten the place even existed.

I'd read the 4 lines in my guidebook mentionning something about a fishing village with pink and orange houses, narrow streets and tiny squares, but that's nothing more than the description of pretty much every little town along the Ligurian Coast.

Yes it sounded pretty, but that just added Tellaro to the long list of possible most beautiful village in the area.
It was no reason to pick that particular place for a visit above all the others.

The day before I'd met Julia watching the sunset in Manarola, Cinque Terre, and while we were having take-out pizza and talking about life together on a bench overlooking the water and picture perfect town, she told me about how much she loved the Ligurian Coast and especially Portovenere.

She lived in La Spezia, between Cinque Terre and Portovenere, and it was her personal favorite place along the coast. She thought it had something special. Something that made her love it even more than the others. 'It's not that far from Tellaro, you can combine both in 1 day', she said.

If you're staying in Cinque Terre or further west, take a train to La Spezia central station. Go to the information point to buy bus tickets (they're about twice as expensive if you buy them on the bus and some busses don't even have tickets),
exit the station at the front side and walk down the stairs you'll see more or less in front of you.

The bus stop is on the other side of the road, slightly to your right. Bus L will take you to Lerici within half an hour or so. Get off once you see the water and continue on foot until you reach the central square (the bus also goes to the central square but you might as well walk a bit along the water, right?!).