Guidebook for Rapallo
Sightseeing
Nice walk in winter and great place with fresh and clean mediterranean water for good swimmers in summer
96 locals recommend
Punta Chiappa
17 Via SaccomannoNice walk in winter and great place with fresh and clean mediterranean water for good swimmers in summer
Start from Portofino downtown and decsend at San Fruttuoso. In summer, avoid San Fruttuoso. Too crowded.
43 locals recommend
Area Marina Protetta Portofino
Start from Portofino downtown and decsend at San Fruttuoso. In summer, avoid San Fruttuoso. Too crowded.
you can reach Cinque Terre by train from Rapallo. It is one our ride all along the coast. Any time of the year is absolutely fantastic.
955 locals recommend
Parco Nazionale Cinque Terre
you can reach Cinque Terre by train from Rapallo. It is one our ride all along the coast. Any time of the year is absolutely fantastic.
Arts & Culture
Doge's Palace
9 Piazza Giacomo MatteottiMuseum
Aquarium of Genoa
Ponte SpinolaAmazing, one of the biggest in the world
Entertainment & Activities
The City of Children and Young
a lot of fun for your kids (and for you)
Everything Else
Covo di Nord Est
1 Lungomare Raffaele Rossettidisco club on the cliffs
Le Carillon
10 Via Paraggi a maredisco club on the beach
Abyss Diving Service sas
2 Via Amerigo VespucciDiving center
Bagni Lido & Flora
Via Antonio GramsciPrivate beach
Bagni Porticciolo
35 Via Paolo ZuninoPrivate beach
Best focaccia in Rapallo. Easy going. You can eat there or take away. All food is excellent and freshly made. To enjoy cheese focaccia at its best, roll it up and eat it with your fingers.
28 locals recommend
Il Focacciaio
30 Piazza del PozzoBest focaccia in Rapallo. Easy going. You can eat there or take away. All food is excellent and freshly made. To enjoy cheese focaccia at its best, roll it up and eat it with your fingers.
Shopping
If you want to cook at home, that's the place. They sell home made pasta tipcal of the region such as: pansotti, trofie and corzetti and sauces like pesto and nut sauce.
17 locals recommend
Pasta La Casana
22 Via Giuseppe MazziniIf you want to cook at home, that's the place. They sell home made pasta tipcal of the region such as: pansotti, trofie and corzetti and sauces like pesto and nut sauce.
Essentials
Great deli and wine shop. They propose the best food of the region and all over Italy. If you look for something special, that's The place.
20 locals recommend
ParlaComeMangi
44 Via Giuseppe MazziniGreat deli and wine shop. They propose the best food of the region and all over Italy. If you look for something special, that's The place.
Food Scene
My favourite Gelato place. Try: crema con fichi e enoci and ricotta e cotognata
22 locals recommend
Gelateria Bar Baciollo Sestri Levante
55 Piazza Giacomo MatteottiMy favourite Gelato place. Try: crema con fichi e enoci and ricotta e cotognata
Gelateria Centrale
14 Largo Antonio GiustiGelato place. Try pinguino: chocolate dip ice cream
All pastry are freshly made. My favourites are: cubeletti, sacripantina and Canepa chocolate cake. Open all year
18 locals recommend
Caffè Pasticceria Canepa 1862 Rapallo
41 Piazza Giuseppe GaribaldiAll pastry are freshly made. My favourites are: cubeletti, sacripantina and Canepa chocolate cake. Open all year
Real tradtional ligurian cuisine. You can reach it by car or by foot walking 15-20 minutes from Ruta bus stop. If you go there for lunch, take a walk to San Rocco and Punta Chiappa.
35 locals recommend
Ristorante la Cucina di Nonna Nina
126 Via Franco MolfinoReal tradtional ligurian cuisine. You can reach it by car or by foot walking 15-20 minutes from Ruta bus stop. If you go there for lunch, take a walk to San Rocco and Punta Chiappa.
For sure one of my favourites of the region. Open all year, in summer, book your table well in advance. In winter time, if you call the day before, ask them to prepare for you "misto all'antica".
25 locals recommend
Ristorante Polpo Mario Sestri Levante
163 Via XXV AprileFor sure one of my favourites of the region. Open all year, in summer, book your table well in advance. In winter time, if you call the day before, ask them to prepare for you "misto all'antica".
Great food and great location. Not easy to get there but worth the search.
26 locals recommend
Cantine Cattaneo
1 Strada Vicinale della MadonettaGreat food and great location. Not easy to get there but worth the search.
Absolutely romantic. Open only in summer. You really eat "pied dans l'eau". Best is to walk, plain and easy from Santa Margherita or by water taxi.
22 locals recommend
Capo Nord
7 Lungomare Raffaele RossettiAbsolutely romantic. Open only in summer. You really eat "pied dans l'eau". Best is to walk, plain and easy from Santa Margherita or by water taxi.
Ristorante Pizzeria Bella Napoli
26 Corso Cristoforo Colombobest pizza in Rapallo
Trattoria da Mario
23 Piazza Giuseppe GaribaldiGood food. Open all year.
My favourite in Rapallo. Great food and warm wellcome. Book in advance. Particulary in high season.
19 locals recommend
Hostaria Vecchia Rapallo di Duemme srl
20 Via Fratelli CairoliMy favourite in Rapallo. Great food and warm wellcome. Book in advance. Particulary in high season.