For a quick answer, you can use DistanceCalc.com to get the distance from Nice to Portofino.
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For a quick answer, you can use DistanceCalc.com to get the distance from Nice to Portofino.
The total straight line flight distance from Nice, France to Portofino, Italy is 106 miles.
This is equivalent to 171 kilometers or 92 nautical miles. more
This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time. more
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Nice, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail. more
Nonstop drive: 145 miles or 233 km
Arrival airport: Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) [links]
Thais, Have a look at the daily Itinerary for the RS "Paris & the South of France" tour. Although it would be difficult to cover that Itinerary with public transit, it should give you a general idea to start with. [links]
Question for the ones of you who have visited the Rivieras.. My husband and I will spend 2 weeks in France next May, arriving in Paris and leaving from Nice. How easy or how hard is it to visit the Italian Riviera on a day trip from the French Riviera? I'm specially interested in Portofino. I look forward to hearing your input. Thanks!
If you want something close by with some Italian feel (Nice has plenty of that too), check out Ventimiglia and San Remo. They aren't too far from Nice. I didn't get to spend the night in either, but the next time I'm there I'm going to look into Ventimiglia as a base. I'm with the others as saving Portofino and the rest for another trip. I only spent a half day in Portofino but it was way more than enough. I was just killing time when I went so I liked it somewhat, but if I made a huge effort to see it, I would probably have been dissapointed. To each their own though. Have fun in France!
Almost impossible as a day trip. Takes too long. You need to get to Genoa then most of the way to La Spezia. You haven't said how you propose to make the trip, and we don't know how deep your pockets are. Train to Ventimiglia, change to train to Genoa, then boat or taxi or bus. Or, change trains again in Genoa to La Spezia or one of the 5-Terre villages and backtracking by boat. If driving, expect the venetian blind effect. The road, narrow and winding, mostly toll road full of trucks has dozens of tunnels, some less than straight, alternating with short stretches of non-tunnels, all the way at least as far as Genoa (where I turned off). I can promise you, as a person who has happily driven many hundreds of thousands of miles - I didn't enjoy it. If your pockets are deeper, maybe a flight from Nice to Genoa and follow prior above; or helicopter from Monaco. Or yacht from some point on Cote d'Azur to Portofino. But you'd never manage that in a day unless you have a cigarette boat going full whack.
impossible on a daytrip. spend your 2 weeks in france to enjoy it, and save italian riviera for another trip.
And, Liguria itself is divided into four provinces: Imperia, Savona, Genova and La Spezia. In this region you’ll find the famously popular, luxury town of Portofino, and the highly-talked-about area of The Cinque Terre in the east.
This below is the more modern part of Ventimiglia, where you’ll find a lovely seaside promenade, several comfortable hotels, a variety of restaurants, and local boutiques, patisseries and cafes.
The next impressive landmark in Dolceacqua is the Ponte Vecchio or old bridge. It’s also referred to as the humpback bridge and was built in the 1300s. It connects the Old Town Dolceacqua to the newer area bridging the Nervia Creek and is consider the symbol of the city. here