What cruise line for stop in Portofino?

We are thinking of a cruise next year & would like to choose a line with a stop in Portofino. Wondering if some of the experienced CC cruisers would share thoughts on a good cruise line for that, considering size of ship, length of stop, etc. we have cruised around Italy several times. Mostly smaller ships, but not wedded to that. Advice appreciated.

We're booked on the Emerald Princess embarking Civitavecchia on September 26, 2015 with a stop in Genoa. We have booked a private tour in Genoa that includes a visit to Portofino.

The cruise can be booked as a 7-day ending in Barcelona or continuing on to Fort Lauderdale with a number of stops in Spain and Portugal.

Lew

You can DIY Portifino from the port of Genova. Just look for cruise ships that stop at the port.

I will be doing a post on my blog entitled "How to navigate using Google street view" of Portifino, which will post on Dec 22. This will give you an idea of how to get around Portifino on your own and make you familiar with any town you want to visit before you actually go there. Once you master using the trains in Italy, its much easier to get around then using the cruise line tours. We spent two weeks this summer in Italy touring on our own and will be posting about this trip with lots of pictures at

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We are on a HAL cruise next April with a stop in Santa Margherita/Portofino. We are in port from 9 AM to 11 PM. This cruise is one leg of a repositioning cruise. It can be booked as a 7 day cruise from Barceloa on April 19th or combined with a transatlantic beforehand, or following the 7 days, it then makes its way to Copenhagen. The ship is the Eurodam with approximately 2100 passengers

We are on Crystal Serenity and will be stopping there next May.

Keith

Even if you are on a small cruise ship 200-500pax this is a tendering

port. If the weather is bad you will dock in Genoa, or sometimes

if the port is crowded, you will tender into Santa Margarita. From genoa it is an easy train ride to Santa Margarita, there a couple of blocks walk to

a bus (more like a van) that will take you to thePortofino. Please note that shops and cafes are closed from November thru May.Also, depending

on the time of year there is a ferry from Genoa to Portofino. You can google it on line, where it is dock and times it runs. I would schedule

about three hour there. Other than toursit shops, cafes, and walk to the

the lighthouse, plus the chruch, there is not much to do or see.

We went on Oceania, on one of their smaller ships (Insiginia - less than 700 pax). We love Oceania - great, port intensive itineraries with some small ports, great food and service, ability to eat outside on the deck, not as expensive as you think, etc. Portofino was one of the smaller ports on our itinerary, but those often tend to end up being my favorites, Portofino included. Very pretty, peaceful place.