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the best view in santa margherita will be  with

O Batti restaurant ( mainly fish)

but you will need a taxi 

as mentioned earlier portofino will be more expensive than santa margherita ligure

in portofino i would suggest 

Tripoli is on the main square  and serve typical food

upscale ( michelin star ) : Da V  - it's the restaurant of the Splendido mare hotel

in santa margherita  my preference goes to "Insolita Zuppa" it s located outside the center of the village 

some additional suggestion are

Karalis ( fish )

Oca Bianca

Master

confirm we were on board last summer cruising the north sea

the ship is indeed smaller so not so many fancy  facilties but we never felt her crowded she was clean and staff was great  ( i liked a lot the buffet on the bow)

it's a tender port

i agree on mattozzi 

credit card will be fine

I usually stay at Palazzo Bezzi  

abt every 15 minutes ( from the railways station   at  minutes 07/22/37/52)

not far from the port for a pizza  

trattoria medina - via medina ( next to mcdonald)

ristorante Europeo ( da mattozzi) via marchese campodisola

walking from portofino to santa is possible ( is actually a nice walk ) but i would not suggest if you have to toccent to a train

i would say it will take at least 1 hour if not90minuts

in portofino the nr of taxi is very limited and i would suggest to book in advance

indeed the first boat to santa margherita is at 1200

as alternative you can consider also the local bus ( n° 782) there is a bus every 15 minutes

ut volsfan  / waynetor thanks very much for all info 

counting the hours

thanks again for all information can please advise the times of  the shows in the theater ?

thanks very much for the information

sorry for your missing Visby  from the description it seems an attractive place

thanks for your blog  really interesting and helpfull

we are boarding in copenhagen next week

may i ask how formal are the formal evening, shall i bring the tuxedo?

confirm 2nd june is national holiday and expect  in the center of naples  most of the shops will be closed while in the tourist places such as capri, sorrento, likely to be open 

in terms of quality in portofino i would normally consider one of the following

Tripoli

Taverna del Marinaio

i due gemelli

On 4/23/2023 at 11:15 PM, doones2 said:

What are the best places to have lunch in Genoa, Naples and Taormina.  We want authentic Italian.

in Genoa close to the old port/cruise terminal and  close to the aquarium  i would suggest "eataly" another place could be "Rosmarino"  the addres is salita del fondaco  ( one the narrow street of the old town) almost on the corner with  the main square of genoa ( Piazza de Ferrari) a more upscale restaurant  is "zeffirino"  in the main street of genoa  (Via XX settermbre)

expect wine tour  in santa margherita are not available being not a producing area ( the nearest producing area are 5 terre)

it much depend how long you will stay in santa margherita ( the locals very often call it simply "Santa")

as far as private tour are concerned you could check with the local tourist office: https://livesanta.it/

you may also try to contact a local tour operator info@velabus.it - www.velabus.it

they are mainly organizing tours elsewhere for locals but might be available for private tours

please also consider that  is a location which can be done alone

my suggestion would be  to take the boat service to san fruttuoso from santa margherita https://traghettiportofino.it/  or to just stop in portofino

you can have lunch either in san fruttuoso or in portofino

the timetable of the boat to san fruttuoso from portofino can be found  here

https://traghettiportofino.it/

we did this excursion  on the 21st juley ( while on board the golden princess)

and in our opinion were money well spent 

we were much closer than the ship and being boat extremely fast we had the opportunity to stay much longer  furthermnore on teh way back the boat went  close and almost all around the haenke island

so much more opportunity for photos

depending on the duration of the call the best way  is by train from the station of santa margherita

10 hours ago, jagoffee said:

We were not pleased with our choice of excursion in Ketchikan.  We were looking for variety across all our other excursions.  My two grandchildren were too young to ride in a regular ATV tour.  We selected a family 4 X4 tour that included a visit to the totem pole park, a ride, a visit to a camp and rainforest.  The vehicle was a golf cart.  I would not recommend this tour.

I heard several positive comments about the Lumberjack show. Our time in port was very limited.

thanks 

The Alaska Cruise Companion - Book  do you know if  it's for sale also in the princess hotels ?

14 hours ago, jagoffee said:

For us it was the first sea day/Hubbard and the day in Juneau.

thanks very much

may i know what  you have  done in Ketchican ? princess just cancelled our excursion

(misty fjords wilderness cruise &flight )

7 hours ago, jagoffee said:

Sorry, I do not save the Patters.  I just returned from the most recent southbound cruise. I would happy to try and answer some of your questions.

thanks 

which days are formal ?