Portofino bay-Italy

Portofino is a colorful, semicircle shaped near sea small town with light-colored houses lining the shore of the harbor. Portofino has shops, eating places, coffee bars, and luxury hotels. Portofino is where luxury, convenience, beauty, and an unsurpassed quality of life can be discovered.

Offering a particular mix of fishing traditions and beau monde, this lovely near sea town is home to many of known actors and artists. You’ll often witness yachts belonging to the high society set moored alongside little fishing boats in the bay.

Portofino is very small and its colorfully painted harbor settlement has become a popular stopping point for the yachting jet set. This calm town has streets that leave up from the seaport where you can explore high-priced dress shops, souvenir stores and general stores. Portofino is especially famous for representations of the views and sights of the Piazzetta and maritime life.

Portofino ensures its visitors a fame life style. If you wish to enjoy a bird’s-eye view, we hint you see the Church of San Giorgio from where you can experience the harbor, the Roman Portus Delphini, and the rich palette of peculiar houses.

For an unforgettable tour we advise you walk or have the ferry boat to the Abbey of San Fruttuoso, a site maintained by the National Trust for Italy. The complex is placed in a fabulous panoramic place, in a deep inlet in the indented coastline of the Promontory, and you may see it any time of the year – experience the emotions of pilgrims following in the steps of 14th century monks.

Portofino is not architectural heritage (with instances like the Church of San Martino and the Brown Castle), it also means nature and landscapes. Off the Portofino promontory, in fact, a Sea Reserve is broken into three areas: the first one is wrapped in the creek called Cala dell’Oro; the second one, stretching from cape Punta del Faro to cape Punta Chiappa, – where you can experience a variety of sea fans, red coral, and the beautiful sea animals; and the third, an huge underwater hayfield of Posidonia. You can swim in the blue sea or enjoy a diving session to find the wreck, and then see the green Park of the Mount of Portofino, with over 700 different plant species.

Portofino has the closest airport to it Genoa, served only to flights to United Kingdom by Ryanair from Stansted. Instead, Alitalia flies from Heathrow via Milan; some flights from Manchester are offered via Paris. For other flights you must go in Turin or Milan. Portofino is very much a goal for a day trip due to its size and comparatively high costs. It can be fully researched in a a couple of hours and its soothing size broods acquaintance promptly.

Portofino can be arrived at by car or taxi (about $50 each way) from Genoa, but negotiate the fare in advance. Ask the taxi driver to take you to the main square, Piazza Martiri dell’Olivetta.