How the other half live

Today we have our first tender port so we've dropped anchor in the bay at Santa Margharita, northern Italy alongside some exclusive yachts. We took the tender (remember these are also our lifeboats) to the harbourside and jumped straight onto the waterbus to take us to Portofino.


One word can be used to describe Portofino - wow! Coming into the harbour on our water bus, you could see not only how beautiful the village is, but also that this is home to some seriously rich people!


We wandered up to the 2 churches either side of the village: St Martins and then St Georges (where Wayne Rooney supposedly got married). From S Georges, we carried on to the lighthouse and a great view over the Ligurian Sea. After a spot of souvenir shopping (and queuing) we returned by waterbus to Santa Margharita. It was also very beautiful but there wasn't very much to do, so after an hour we returned by tender to the ship in time for afternoon tea.


Note from Victoria: Portofino is very like my favourite welsh place Portmeirion. Makes sense since Portmeirion was modelled on this riviera. Therefore not sure why the Rooneys (Roonies?) didn't just have a welsh wedding!!

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Location:At anchor in Santa Margharita