Chapter 2: Porto Nesholt

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Entry posted by Tandini · January 12, 2013

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Thank you all for your encouraging comments!

@ Benedict:

The bridge is so perfect here - I bet that took a while to get right.

Not that much – I placed one road tile after the other to get the correct height, then I formed the gap. Placing the water and MMPing took a while until I was content with ...

(Remember: Clicking on some pics opens HiRes - works on pics marked with 'Click for HiRes')

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Chapter 2: Porto Nesholt

Leaving the steel bridge behind – from which we enjoyed splendid views into the Gorge gap and onto the sea – we enter the 'outskirts' of Port Nesholt. Some of the residents kept with the simple rural life. Since many generations these three families live from wood harvest, turkey hen breeding, market gardening and fruit growing.

Pic. 2.01 & 2.02: Rural Life and Farming

Opposite to them resides the family Walker. They always stuck to their British way of life, at least concerning their tenement. Aside they run the 'Ristorante Walker' fashioned in a charming mix of British and Mediterranean style. It is famous not only because of the delicious tomatoes the Walkers grow themselves...

The close-by rural market year-round offers agricultural products, fish and seafood, handicraft products for daily needs and artisanry mainly for tourists.

Pic. 2.03: Ristorante Walker and Rural Market

Directly underneath the Ristorante Walker, down the cliffs, there lives a kind of headstrong chap, who is only known by the name Hannibal. As a young nonconformist he arrived our island some 50 years ago, gave willingly a helping hand where accepted but always stuck to his peculiarity. Eventually he built this little hut, making a living from chicken and pigs. On his old days people often see him sitting at the beach in serenity, fishing and – carving...

He is well known for his quirky driftwood carvings and tourists love to buy them at the market.

Pic. 2.04: Hannibal's Hut

Porto Nesholt was documentary mentioned the first time in the year 1286. Back then it was built of only a few huts surrounding a landing place. The present-day village is made up of a single street, on both sides lined commercial and residential houses, cafés and restaurants, the market at the southern and a small church at the northern end.

In the 80^th a vehicle traffic ban was enacted, allowing only residents and deliverers access by car to the village. Initially some tourists had problems with that, so a barrier was necessary. The little gatehouse you see at the end of the ascending street is a remainder from that time...

Pic 2.05 The Village of Porto Nesholt (Click for HiRes)

Pic. 2.06 Backyard-flair and cosy Cafés (Click for HiRes)

Pic 2.07 The Chapel with Cemetery

In the course of the traffic ban the harbor facilities were almost completely renewed, whereupon the more than 230 year old quay walls were thoroughly restored. The small ferry landing, the 'captaincy office' and the harbor restaurant were modernized and sufficient parking lots were built.

Pic. 2.08 The Harbor of Porto Nesholt as seen from west … (Click for HiRes)

Pic. 2.09 … and from north (Click for HiRes)

A wooden planked concrete bridge connects the island with the mainland. Island residents are allowed to use it with their cars and light delivery vehicles. Apart from that the bridge is subject to pedestrians.

Pic. 2.10 The Bridge to the Mainland (Click for HiRes)