Best things to do in Portofino

Portofino Unmissables

The essential sights of Portofino: the colourful harbour and Piazzetta, the hilltop church of San Giorgio and Castello Brown, the sculpture park on the slope below the fort, the parish church above the square, and the walk to the lighthouse at Punta del Capo.

Portofino Unmissables — Map

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Portofino

The village itself: tall pastel houses around a small harbour and the Piazzetta, the square at the water's edge where boats from Camogli and Santa Margherita land.

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Castello Brown

Former Genoese fort above the harbour, remodelled as a villa by an English consul and now a museum with gardens and views over the bay.

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Chiesa di San Giorgio

Small church on the headland between the harbour and the open sea, rebuilt after the Second World War; it keeps relics attributed to Saint George.

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Faro di Portofino

White lighthouse at Punta del Capo, the tip of the promontory, reached on a short, partly shaded walk from the village.

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Chiesa del Divo Martino

Portofino's parish church, a few steps above the Piazzetta, with Romanesque origins and a carved wooden Deposition inside.

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Museo del Parco di Portofino

Open-air park of contemporary sculpture on the terraced slope below Castello Brown, along the path up from the harbour.

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