Tour Duration:
About 7 Hrs
Travel Time:
About 1 Hour by train
Includes:
English Speaking Authorized Guide
Not Included :
Lunch
Personal Expenses
Highlights
This is a tour rich in scenery and a chance to enjoy this lush section of the Italian Riviera.
The tour guide will meet you at the pier of Genoa
Afer a short city tour you'll take the train and in about 40 min you'll arrive to Santa Margherita Ligure.
Visit of this delightful resort, with narrow coloured houses, fashion shops, elegant restaurants and cafès and small churches.
From Santa Margherita by ferryboat short ride to Portofino.
You will admire masterpieces of nature, clear water of the sea and and rich vegetation, rare species of central European flora mingled with Mediterranean maquis and pines in an area designated as a nature reserve.
Once arrived to Portofino you will have a visit of the charming village, the exclusive little square, the church of S.Giorgio and free time for shopping, take pictures or relax in the cafès.
Portofino had a strategic position on the sea and was known as “Portus Delphini” – the Greeks called the native people of Liguria dolphins.
At the end of the 10th century, the English charmed by this delightful little port buried in luxurious vegetation discovered Portofino as a tourist spot.
The fame of Portofino is worldwide and its calm green waters attract the most luxurious yachts. People sit and chat at the little cafe tables set about in the small decorative square surrounded by typical frescoed houses.
The charming village of Portofino is said to be the most beautiful port on the Mediterranean.
Lunch at your leisure in Portofino or Santa Margherita Ligure.
Your guide will be able to suggest you very good local restaurants.
Program
9.00 a.m. Meet your driver and guide at Genoa Pier
Sightseeing of Genoa
Departure to S. Margherita.
Arrival in S. Margherita and visit of the little town
Ride by Minivan to Portofino
Visit of Portofino
Lunch at leisure (Portofino or S. Margherita)
Return to Genoa pier by Minivan
5.00 p.m. - Arrival to Genoa Pier