Decision
Choosing a Portofino Tour: Boat, Walk, Kayak or a Day from Genoa
Where you are staying, whether you want the headland or the village, who is coming and what the abbey has to do with it, with a table to decide by.
Portofino Guides
These are the long reads for the choices you make before any Portofino booking. Which way should you see the headland? How does one day fit together? Can you do it all yourself? What does each boat fare buy, and what changes in winter?
Start with which way to see the headland if you have not picked a kind of trip, or with one day, three plans if your dates are set. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
Itinerary
Portofino in One Day: Three Ways to Plan It
From Genoa by coach and boat, from Santa Margherita by ferry, or from a bed in the village with a kayak and a boat, step by step.
On your own
Portofino Without a Tour: Ferries, Trains and the Two Paid Sights
The train and the bus, the public ferry and its fares, the abbey and the castle, the trails, and the days when a tour does something you cannot.
Prices
Portofino Boat Tour Prices: What Each Fare Buys
Per seat, per boat or by party size, the fuel charge paid in cash, what costs extra on board, and the one charter you cannot cancel.
Seasons
Portofino in the Off-Season: October to March
The abbey's and the castle's shorter hours, the Monday closing, the ferries that stop, the rain, and the trips that still make sense.
The ferries, the abbey and the castle are in the visitor guide, every start on the map, and the full range on Portofino Tours.