Barely half a square kilometre, a few hundred residents and planetary fame: Portofino's piazzetta has been the Mediterranean's most exclusive quay since the postwar years. Above the pastel houses, Castello Brown watches over the yachts; the Punta del Capo lighthouse closes Liguria's most photogenic walk.
The insiders' route: arrive by sea or on foot from Santa Margherita, then take the boat on to San Fruttuoso, the abbey reachable only from the water, in whose bay the Christ of the Abyss has rested since 1954. Out of season, Portofino goes back to being a fishing village — and gets even better.
Near Portofino
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
