It overlooks the main narrow and winding street of La Spezia, called via del Prione, where narrow streets link up and where the "Tower Houses" overlook the small open spaces where the social life of the city is conducted. It is here that you arrive at a small area of raised ground called "Il Poggio" (the Hillock) which overlooks the old village and on which My Hotels La Spezia soars in the peacefulness of the hill.