The Portofino City Guides answer the questions every trip to this headland raises: where to eat proper pesto and fresh anchovies without paying for the view of the yachts on the piazzetta, how to reach San Fruttuoso when no road goes there, which walk over the promontory suits your legs and when the last boat leaves. Each guide is a short, honest list that tells you why a place earns your time, what to order or look at and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Portofino City Guides
- 65 places
- 3 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The three Portofino guides
Food guide
23 places
Cheese-filled focaccia, deli counters and fried fish in paper cones, view tables in Portofino and San Fruttuoso, fairer trattorias in Santa Margherita, Camogli and Rapallo, then gelato and pastries.
Things to do guide
21 places
Portofino’s village and headland, the abbey of San Fruttuoso and the park trails, Camogli’s painted harbour, the villa gardens of Santa Margherita and the sights of Rapallo.
Day trips guide
21 places
Coves and swimming rocks, the lighthouse and castle walks in Portofino, San Fruttuoso and Camogli by boat or on foot, then Santa Margherita Ligure and Rapallo by bus or train.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Trattoria da Pezzi
Via Cavour, Santa Margherita Ligure
A plain, busy room on a car-free lane where locals and visitors eat side by side. Order the pesto lasagne layered with potato and green beans, or the pansoti in walnut sauce; mains stay around €12 to €18. From the food guide.
Villa Durazzo
Via San Francesco d’Assisi, above the Santa Margherita harbour
A Genoese villa from the 1600s whose terraced gardens of palms, statues and pebble mosaics look over the bay and cost nothing to walk. A few euros more opens the furnished rooms with their glass chandeliers, and a café and play area make it easy with children. From the things to do guide.
Castello Brown
Portofino, Via alla Penisola, 10 min uphill from the harbour
A fort that has watched over the harbour since the Middle Ages, rebuilt in the 1800s by the British consul Montague Yeats-Brown. Walk through the period rooms to the terraces for the finest view down on Portofino; allow 30 to 45 minutes and about €10. From the beaches and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Portofino
Day one: ride bus 82 from Santa Margherita to Portofino early, climb to Castello Brown and follow the cliff path to the lighthouse, then hike over the hill to San Fruttuoso for the abbey and a pesto lunch by the bay, and take the boat back once you have checked the last departure. Day two: take the train to Camogli, buy cheese focaccia on the seafront, look into the basilica and walk round Castel Dragone, then climb to San Rocco and on down to Punta Chiappa to swim off the rocks before a fish dinner on the harbour. For a rainy or slow day, stay in Santa Margherita for the gardens and rooms of Villa Durazzo and the town’s baroque church, add a morning at the free maritime museum in Camogli and finish with a long trattoria lunch.
Questions about the Portofino guides
What do the Portofino City Guides include?
Three guides with 65 places in total: food, things to do, and beaches and day trips across Portofino, San Fruttuoso, Camogli, Santa Margherita Ligure and Rapallo. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening times and one tip you can put to use.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to set up.
Can I use the Portofino guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline after that, ticks and notes included. Only opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Portofino guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and all three together are €13.98.
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