Santa Margherita Spring Festival

Sunday, March 30, S.Margherita Ligure-Portofino (don't forget about daylight saving time, as it begins today!) - Shall we make the most of S.Margherita Ligure's spring festival and have a Sunday hike as well? As Sunday will most certainly be the sunniest day of the weekend, let's enjoy the diverse nature of Portofino Park and follow a route similar to https://portofinotrek.com/en/from-nozarego/28-nozarego-costasecca-base-0-olmi-gave-nozarego.html . The only differences in the path will be at the beginning (since we're starting at S.Margherita, we probably will take the direct Costasecca trail to Bocche) and at the end (instead of hiking back along Gave and Nozarego, we might head down to the Cervara Abbey, and possibly have a glimpse of its secular wisteria).
Hike is rated as T/E (easy/medium) and should take around 3:30 hours, with 550 metres of elevation gain and plenty of lookout points (at Pietre Strette, Felciara, Base 0 and along the trail to Prato).

As for the spring festival, you may read more about it at:
https://www.mentelocale.it/genova/74584-festa-della-primavera-2025-a-santa-margherita-ligure-con-fal-fuochi-e-frisceu-gratis.htm

Return will be from S.Margherita Ligure, probably around 5pm.

How to get to S.Margherita Ligure, and how to come back alive:

On Sunday, let’s meet at 10:55 am at the entrance of S.Margherita Ligure railway station (by the infamous taxi telephone). We'll probably take a look at the concert, that should be staged by Ghiaia beach at 11am, before setting forth on our hike across Portofino Park.

Suggested trains are:

– if you’re travelling eastwards

REG - Genova Brignole 10:05 - S.Margherita Ligure 10:55

– if you’re travelling westwards

REG 09:49 La Spezia Centrale - 10:45 S. Margherita Ligure

– if you’re travelling southwards

REG: 07:25 Milano Centrale (7:32 Milano Lambrate) - 10:23 S. Margherita Ligure
IC: 08:05 Milano Centrale - 10:20 S. Margherita Ligure

As usual, if you have doubts, questions, Hamlet-like dilemmas… feel free to write to me (at vidlothianATgmailDOTcom) or call me (at +39 329 7203364)