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Portofino is a fishing village on the Italian Riviera coastline, southeast of Genoa city.

We did an organised tour to Cinque Terra.

The Cinque Terre is a collection of five villages in the Liguria region of Italy set on a rugged hillside: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore.

We took a motorboat from Portofino to Santa Margherita where we had a bus take us to Manarola.

We had a quick look at Manarola as we walked downhill to catch another boat.

We cruised along the coast of the Cinque Terra, passing by the villages of Corniglia and Vernazza.

We debarked at Monterosso, the most well known village in Cinque Terre. We had some bruschetta and tasted a Vermentino wine before being let loose to have lunch and an explore on our own for 50 minutes. Spot the obvious error… a proper lunch in Italy requires around three hours! We had a quick focaccia and look around before journeying back the way we came. We caught a train one stop to where our bus driver was waiting and we drove back to Santa Margherita travelling a different route, catching the boat to Portofino, then a ships tender returning to the ship.

As we arrived back in Santa Margherita it was late afternoon and the sun illuminated the 16th Century fortress nicely. It was a long day but very enjoyable.