The picturesque port of Portofino. Our final destination is the bustling commune of Santa Margherita Ligure, a three-and-a-half-hour walk from our starting point in Portofino.

It's just gone 9.30am and the first of dozens of ferries carrying hundreds of tourists has arrived in the picturesque port of Portofino.

A more scenic and stress-free way is to arrive by boat from nearby towns like Santa Margherita Ligure or Rapallo. Ferries are frequent and offer beautiful views of the coast.

A CHARMING seaside gem nestled on the Italian Riviera has slapped strict rules on holidaymakers. Officials in Portofino, a town in Liguria famed for its narrow houses painted in tutti frutti ...

Rapallo’s pier is located along the waterfront promenade where ferries transport visitors to Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, and San Fruttuoso, as well as Cinque Terre.

MR. TRIPPER The following morning we pull into our next stop: Santa Margherita Ligure, a gem in the heart of Genoa with a picturesque harbour and plenty of charming streets and shops to lose an ...

The property would become a magnet for aristocratic and well-to-do travellers, who would make the last three-mile leg of their journey down from the highway (at Santa Margherita Ligure) by horse ...

There is a point on the tight, twisting coast road that meanders between Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino, the jewel of the Italian Riviera, where it passes a nightclub set above a shingle ...

Over breakfast—crusty bread with prosciutto and a white peach—I decided to trek from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino instead.

The couples from Texas and Wisconsin opted to catch the ferry back to our hotel in Santa Margherita Ligure. Maybe we’d had too much espresso, but Chris and I wanted to keep going.