Moving away on foot from the Rapallo's seafront in the direction of the Porticciolo, there are a few small beaches.

On the road to Portofino, you can find a small bay called San Michele where there are some beautiful beaches; this bay is reachable by bus or on foot as it is only 1 Km from Rapallo.

If you leave S. Michele and walk along the coastline, it is possible to reach other inlets in the rocky coastline.

At the end of the port of Santa Margherita Ligure, along the road to Portofino, you can find both public and private beaches.
If you go on, you arrive at Paraggi (1,5 Km from Portofino) a beautiful little bay where the water is a lovely emerald colour.

Once you've reached Portofino you can go on only by foot or by boat and you can arrive at another beautiful bay, called San Fruttuoso.

Boat trips

Boats leave from the pier on the Rapallo seafront and you can go to Santa Margherita Ligure, Portofino, San Fruttuoso, Camogli, Cinque Terre.

It is possible to get off at any of the first four stops and continue the journey on foot along the beautiful walking paths of Portofino Natural Park and then retake the boat at any of the other stops.

Diving in Portofino's Marine Park

In the surroundings you can find a lot of Diving Centres.

These centres offera lot of services: renting equipment, refilling tanks, guided immersions, scuba diving courses, underwater filming and photographic courses, showers and changing rooms. Furthermore the centre offers other water-sports such as windsurf, water-skiing and it is also possible to rent small boats and canoes.