Santa Margherita Ligure – Portofino

Activities

Interests

Distance: 5nM – 9,4km

Difficulty: intermediate

Duration: 2.5h (4h with breaks)

Neptune Seagrass

Plant with roots, trunk, leaves, flowers and fruits
Creates meadows, a protected habitat
Produces oxygen, reduces beach erosion
Threathened by anchoring and coastal development
Not a seaweed

Common bottlenose dolphin

Like most marine mammals, has lungs, breastfeed and raised its babies
Matriarchal society, every pod follows a female leader
Keystone predator for a healthy local ecosystem
Disturbed by the noise and high speed of maritime traffic
Echolocation for communication, orientation and hunting

Ferruginous limpet

Gastropod mollusc
Live in the intertidal zone
Grazes on seaweeds on the rocks, mantaining coastal biodiversity levels high
At risk of extinction
The largest limpet of the Mediterranean sea

For further information, contact the Tourist Information and Reception Offices of the relevant Municipalities.

Comune di Rapallo
iat@comune.rapallo.ge.it
www.comune.rapallo.ge.it

Comune di Santa Margherita Ligure
infopoint@comunesml.it
www.smlturismo.it

4 new itineraries have been created in order to carry out slow tourism activities, to alleviate the tourist pressure in protected areas by seasonally adjusting the offers on the territory. These itineraries can be traveled with eco-sustainable means such as SUP, kayak or mask and fins.

Please note that the map is only descriptive.

For the rental of supports for the excursion, it is advisable to contact the operators in the sector directly or the information and tourist reception offices of the area.