Camogli is about 11 Km from the B&B.

Camogli is a small  fishing village and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa; it has 5,692 inhabitants.

The name has a double meaning in Italian. The first translation, "houses close together", is apparent when strolling through the town's narrow streets, which are lined by tall columns of pastel-colored homes. The second meaning, "houses of wives", refers to the sea captains, sailors and fishermen's wives, who traditionally spent their time at home while their husbands were out at sea.

Camogli is located just at the basis of Monte di Portofino and guarantees a very special gastronomy tradition (focaccia in particular).

Camogli is known mainly for the famous fish festival, in May.
It is also characteristic for its particularly houses'colours that are reflected in the waters of the harbor.

The medieval centre is developed mainly around the small port, usually busy with tourist boats, the so-called wood "gozzi" and by the fishermen boats used daily for fishing. The houses on the seafront in Garibaldi Street, recently restored, show façades painted according to "fresco" or "trompe-l'oeil" techniques reproducing green balconies and shutters. During the winter swells, the waves hit the walls of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta and the chipped tower of the Dragone Castle. The tower used to defend Camogli from the pirates. This peculiar church gives to the magic of this village a secret sweetness of the cold maritime days.

The city name origins are unclear; for many it comes from the Genoa dialect "Cà a muggi" (a bunch of houses), referring to the tall houses leaning on each other. For others "Cà de mogee" (houses of the wives) referring to the wives that used to take care of the village when their men where out on the sea. Speaking of Camogli brings us back to the legend that, back to the mid-nineteenth century, consider Camogli as one of the most important maritime centre of the world with its most powerful navy fleet of the Mediterranean Sea and headed by expert and bold captains. Its luck in the maritime business started with the Algerian Campaign headed by Louis Philip D'Orleans and continued with the Crimea War when, the support of "the devils of Camogli" as Cavour used to call them, was determinant for the victory of the Piedmont troops.