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Pasticceria Oneto
(Via Partigiani d'Italia 3; cakes from €1.50; 8am-8pm)
Busy café populated by un-ritzy locals
who pop in for sinful boxes of chocolates and brioches that are fresher than fresh. Join
them to eavesdrop on the local gossip.
CAFE, CHOCOLATES
€
Information
Tourist Office
(
www.apttigullio.liguria.it
; Piazza Vittorio Veneto; 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.30-5.30pm
Mon-Sat)
Has a raft of information about water sports along the gulf.
Parco Naturale Regionale di Portofino
(
www.parks.it/parco.portofino
; Viale Rainusso 1)
Maps and in-
formation on hiking.
Getting There & Around
ATP Tigullio Trasporti
(
www.tigulliotrasporti.it
)
runs buses to/from Portofino (every 20 minutes)
and Camogli (every 30 minutes).
By train, there are hourly services to/from Genoa (€3.40, 35 minutes) and La Spezia
(€6.20, 1½ hours).
Servizio Marittimo del Tigullio
(
www.traghettiportofino.it
;
Via Palestro 8/1b)
runs seasonal ferries
to/from Cinque Terre (one way/return €17.50/25.50), Porto Venere (€22/33), San Fruttu-
oso (€10/15), Portofino (€6/9) and Rapallo (€4/5).
Rapallo
POP 30,571
WB Yeats, Max Beerbohm and Ezra Pound all garnered inspiration in Rapallo and it's not
difficult to see why. With its bright-blue changing cabins, palm-fringed beach and dimin-
utive 16th-century castle perched above the sea (hosting temporary art exhibitions), the
town has a refined and nostalgic air. That's not to say it isn't friendly. Rapallo's compact-
ness gives it a less elite atmosphere than its jet-set neighbours. It's at its busiest on
Thursdays, when market stalls fill central Piazza Cile.
Sights
