It has the colour and vitality of an old Arab town, but little of the usual hassle, boasting superb Crusader and caravanserai buildings, a fine mosque, and a picturesque port.

All looked promising: the forecast was for sunny and windy conditions - and the Aegean coastline locally has a pretty scattering of ancient ruins (including Ephesus) and picturesque ports.

For generations fishermen have trawled for flounder, haddock and lobster in the waters off this picturesque port, unloading their catch on the docks that line the harbor.

On Friday evening, islanders gathered as usual along the rocky shoreline to greet the huge vessel as it sailed along its customary route past the island's picturesque port.

Village of Landelies, at the Haute-Sambre: picturesque port, lock and weir.

We bowled along to nearby La Flotte, a picturesque port said to be one of the most beautiful villages in France.

The picturesque small port and the pier with the old mansions and narrow roads, the paved steps, and the traditional and modern houses form an architecturally interesting village.

The nexus of V.I.P. action is Porto-Vecchio, a picturesque old Genoese port long rhapsodized over for its rustic 16th-century buildings.

Plaka is the picturesque port of Leonidio, situated 4 km from the town.

My heart swelled with hope the following evening when we drove into the picturesque port of Seteia.