The summer anchorage of the House of Savoy's world

Portofino

Italy · May to September

A crescent of ochre and green on the Ligurian coast that has drawn royalty and its orbit since the 1950s. The harbour holds perhaps forty boats; the piazzetta, a handful of tables. Everything extraordinary here is a function of how little of it exists.

Why it stays exclusive

·Splendido, A Belmond Hotel — the hillside house every royal visit starts from
·A harbour so small that arrival itself is a form of membership
·Da Puny's tables on the piazzetta, held for the same names each summer

What is possible here

·Anchoring in the lee of San Fruttuoso abbey, reached only by water
·A walk to the lighthouse at first light, focaccia still warm from the village
·Dinner on a gozzo in the bay, the village lights the entire view
·The path over the headland to Camogli, with a boat home at dusk

Arrange the stay

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Getting there and around

Arrange the drive in Genoa — from a fixed-price airport car to a chauffeur for the day.

Airport taxi & transfersA fixed-price car waiting at arrivals, meet-and-greet included. The dependable way in and out of a city.GetYourGuide Luxury car serviceExecutive saloons and people carriers with English-speaking drivers, bottled water and a flight-tracked pickup.Welcome Pickups Private chauffeur, by the hourA discreet chauffeur on call for the day — dinner, vineyards, the late flight home. Mercedes S-Class and equivalent.Blacklane

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