Portofino: what to do?

[brownie9]

Any idea about what to do in Portofino Italy. Can we just get off the ship and walk to see some things or will we need a tour? Near by restaurants, shopping, site seeing we can walk or taxi to? Any help will be appreciated.

 

Thank-you.

 

Diane

[cberge]

Any idea about what to do in Portofino Italy. Can we just get off the ship and walk to see some things or will we need a tour? Near by restaurants, shopping, site seeing we can walk or taxi to? Any help will be appreciated.

 

Thank-you.

 

Diane

 

I really suggest that you Google Portofino,read through some pages on this board as there is quite abit of info,and look the area up in a guide book. You can just walk around or take the ferry or bus to Santa Margarita as this is a small town,but do read some pages here to get more ideas.

[KirkNC]

Porfofino is very small but very pretty. You can climb up to Castle Brown and the church (St Andrews maybe?) and get great views.

[Deebs2]

We were there on our own last summer. Its a cute little town, but not a lot to see. Just wandering on your own will keep you occupied

[hylasgirl]

This was a nice post to read... We are going to take a day trip and drive to Portofino from Nice. It looks like a small enough town for a day trip.

[salabc]

it much depend on the season

 

assume it will be sometime during summer so a good excursion would be to take one of local boat going to San Fruttuoso which is a very small village ( abt 20 person permantly living there) with an very old ( middle age Abbey) a 2 small beaches the village can only be reache by sea or hiking the mountain

you can check the timetable at http://www.traghettiportofino.it ( there is an english version)

alternative either by boat or bus you can go to Santa Margherita and Rapallo ( the 2 bigger village next to portofino)

 

as far as restaurant in Portofino are concerned I would personally suggest you a very small one called " da Mario" or if you look for something more trendy and upscale probably the best one would be "Puny"

[TERRIER1]

We took the bus to Santa Marguirita Liguria and then walked backed to Portofino. It was a lovely walk with beautiful views. The weather was good the day we were there.

[rollerball53]

Portofino is a small town so after a nice walk around and a capuccino in a sea bar, I would take a taxi to go to Santa Margherita ligure, about 20 mnts far where you have more walking and restaurant opportunities.:)

[rmurray847]

This was a nice post to read... We are going to take a day trip and drive to Portofino from Nice. It looks like a small enough town for a day trip.

You're going to drive from Nice, France all the way down to the Naples area and back in one day?

[LondonTowner]

A couple of years ago we stayed in Rapallo as a base and drove around the whole, beautiful area. We also took the ferry a few times to Santa Margarita and Portofino. Portofino is pretty, but very commercialised.

 

You could maybe go to the famous Hotel Splendido, where many celebrities stay and/or get married.

 

The bars and restaurants in Portofino are fairly expensive.

[cberge]

You're going to drive from Nice, France all the way down to the Naples area and back in one day?

 

It is about a 2 1/2 drive each way to Portofino.

[aohkay]

We took the bus to Santa Marguirita Liguria and then walked backed to Portofino. It was a lovely walk with beautiful views. The weather was good the day we were there.

 

We did the same, but we walked both ways. I agree, the views are beautiful. I would love to go back someday.

[brownie9]

Thanks for all the information,I think we will just wander and see where we end up.

 

 

Brownie9

[nparmelee]

We took the little bus from Portofino over to Santa Margarita Ligure and explored over there a bit, there was a market that day which was fun and then we walked back to Portofino, had a nice lunch and wandered there. Rmurray847 is confusing Portofino with Positano I think, Nice to Positano would not be an easy or doable day trip. Nice to Portofino is doable, but that's a lot of road time, for such a little town. Much of the road does go inland a bit, but it can be a nice area to drive, parking can be tough so have patience.

[salabc]

Portofino is a small town so after a nice walk around and a capuccino in a sea bar, I would take a taxi to go to Santa Margherita ligure, about 20 mnts far where you have more walking and restaurant opportunities.:)

 

be prepared taxi in portofino are expensive

[maryann ns]

Portofino is much closer to Nice than Naples: https://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=Portofino,+Province+of+Genoa,+Italy&daddr=Nice,+France&hl=en&sll=43.696036,7.265592&sspn=0.251701,0.676346&geocode=FTQDpAIdvIeMACkFTG_8xp_UEjHbAQ_wtarZ7w%3BFaS_mgIdON1uACkxLYVqENDNEjFwmpf9pRkIBA&oq=portofini&mra=ls&t=m&z=9

 

We easily drove from Nice to Vernazza which is further and were there in the early afternoon.

[mydreamvacation]

We had the perfect day with Roberto you can reach him at beta4916@gmail.com beta 4916 at g mail dot com he is very reasonable and knows all the hidden spots