Santa Margherita Ligure Italy. Prettiest gem of Italy’s Riviera near Portofino Liguria!

Santa Margherita Ligure is one of our top ten places in Italy. Santa, as the locals call the village of Santa Margherita, stole our hearts for many reasons that we’ll share with you in this travel vlog touching on the best of Italy’s Riviera. Let’s start this travel guide with the pretty Liguria setting. The village nestles against the mountains of Portofino Park on the Portofino Peninsula and faces a beautiful turquoise bay. While a popular resort among Italians for Italy Riviera travel, Santa is less discovered by others. Santa has a vibrant local population and remains authentic and by far, much lesser known. What’s more, Santa has beautiful Italian Riviera beaches. And it’s near Portofino and Genoa Italy and Cinque Terre. In this Italian Riviera travel vlog, part walking tour along the seaside boardwalk and town, part driving tour, you’ll get an immersive experience of this Ligurian resort, an instagrammable spot where you can be one of the first.

We’ll also share with you some fantastic Liguria food. Ligurian food that the wonderful Stanley Tucci in Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy did not have time to cover in his one short hour of Stanley Tucci Liguria. Liguria street food that we find in Santa Margherita’s bakeries includes Cheese focaccia bread. Cheese focaccia was invented in nearby Recco and is nothing like the traditional Liguria focaccia we’re all familiar with. We also take you to lunch, to aperitif time and to the local fish market to shop for Santa Margherita famous red shrimp.

In this Liguria travel vlog we’ll visit:
Villa Durazzo. Villa Durazzo Santa Margherita is a gorgeous villa set above the marina with This typical Genoa Ligurian stonework made from black and white pebbles called Rissëu.
Capo Nord. Capo Nord is a seaside restaurant near Paraggi Beach and Portofino.
Paraggi Bay and Beach. Paraggi is a precious sand beach among the stone beaches of Liguria. It’s a protected nature area and a UNICEF blue flag beach with no boats, great swimming, beach club, snorkeling and SUP, stand up paddle boarding rentals.
Portofino.
Santa Margherita marina, where you’ll see the catch of il Gambero di Santa and traditional Gozzo Ligure fishing boats. This sparkling marina sits on the azure bay of Tigullio.
Rapallo and San Miguel Pagano’s Liguria mare.

As a full time traveler, it’s always hard to pick favorites, but Santa Margherita Ligure is better than top ten. It’s one of our top five destinations. And as a full time travel couple, we find this is something we both easily agree on. We’re full time travel vloggers on Youtube @happygoluckytravel. Come with us no matter if you’re looking for early retirement italy, slow travel italy, insider tips travel italy, or just a fun few minutes seeping yourself in a beautiful destination.

This video crosses seasons. From October to May, Santa Margherita Ligure beaches are almost deserted, many restaurants and hotels close, and Santa is quiet and stylishly attractive. When summer comes, lounge chairs cover every spec of sand, shops and beach-side eateries come full swing and its a hopping lively resort in a drop-dead setting.

If you want to see more of the Italian Riviera and Liguria please check out our playlist labeled Liguria where we cover beautiful Bogliasco, Camogli, Lerici and more.

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We’re Emre and Maia. Our videos feature local, authentic, and immersive experiences in Europe. We love to engage with people in their own language, while we spend a gap year being curious about everything! We’re passionate about travel and food and have been to 44 countries with five passports between us! Longing for simplicity and freedom, we put our remaining possessions in storage, and set out with a suitcase and carry-on each. Guess what. Slow travel mindset works whether you have a few days or a whole year!

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