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Camogli is a city of Liguria.

To know

Typical seaside village, tourist center known for its marina and colorful buildings on the seafront. The most important architectural aspect of the town is the presence of colorful buildings overlooking the beach. The colors and the clearer horizontal lines were used by the Camogliese sailors to more easily recognize their home between the various floors of the buildings in the village and return there after fishing. Most of the buildings in the historic center were built with a succession of additions and changes over the centuries.

It is inserted in the Portofino Regional Natural Park.

Geographical notes

It borders with the municipalities of: Recco, Rapallo, Portofino is Santa Margherita Ligure.

How to orient yourself


How to get

View of the village

By plane

Airport of Genoa "Christopher Columbus".

By car

A12 motorway, exit a Recco, then continue for about two kilometers towards Camogli.

On boat

Da Recco: service managed by Tourist Maritime Transport - Golfo Paradiso for Camogli and San Fruttuoso.

On the train

Camogli Railway Station.

By bus

From Genoa, Recco is Rapallo service managed by ATP

How to get around


What see

Cloister of the abbey of San Fruttuoso
Abbey of San Fruttuoso
Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta
  • Main attraction1 Abbey of San Fruttuoso, Location San Fruttuoso (It can be reached: by boat with a maritime connection from Camogli, Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, Chiavari, Blackboard is Sestri Levante. Direct connection with Genoa. Or on foot, starting from the Frazione Ruta towards Portofino Vetta and then towards Pietre Strette; from here a steep descent leads to the inlet of San Fruttuoso), 39 0185 772703, @. Ecb copyright.svgadults: € 5.00 - children (4-14 years): € 3.00 - FAI members: free admission. Simple icon time.svg10 / 15.45 or 17.45 every day except December 25 with the following detailed timetables. Benedictine abbey of the year 1000 and fishing village located inside the Portofino Regional Natural Park, since 1983 is part of the architectural heritage of FAI, Fund for the Italian Environment, donated by Frank and Orietta Pogson Doria Pamphilj. The complex consists of the church, a museum. from the Doria tower. The tombs of the Doria family are located in the cloister. In the bay in front of it is the famous statue of Christ of the abyss, the work of Guido Galletti.
  • 2 Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta.
  • 3 Dragonara Castle.
  • 4 Oratory of San Prospero and Santa Caterina.


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Where to eat

The pan that is used every year to cook fish during the Fish Festival

Camogli is famous above all for its anchovies, of very fresh quality and excellent for salted anchovies and then also for the fish caught in the tonnara, a historic fixed fishing location that has been laid annually by local fishermen for centuries.


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