Journey time depends on a queue, not a distance
One Italian provincial road serves the village, the SP227, recorded from kilometre 2+010 to kilometre 7+710. Since 2025 the highway authority has installed a seasonal traffic filter on it.
The order of 17 February 2026 from the Genoa metropolitan authority sets that filter at kilometre 5, from 00.01 on 14 March 2026 to 23.59 on 1 November 2026, to regulate private vehicles waiting for access to the village and Paraggi car parks. By day local police hold the queue upstream, in the Cervara district of Santa Margherita Ligure; in the evening and at night the filter moves into the centre.
In practice the last half hour of a transfer is not measured in kilometres. It depends on the queue that day and that hour. A driver who knows the road says so beforehand, proposes an early arrival, and does not promise a time to the minute.
The piazzetta sits inside the limited traffic zone
The municipal order of 19 March 2023 is explicit about the perimeter: via Roma, piazza Martiri dell’Olivetta, molo Umberto I and calata Marconi. In other words the village square, the mole and the quay are all inside the regulated area.
So the drop-off happens upstream and the last metres are walked. For a vehicle of unusual size, the commune publishes an application form for transit on the SP227, handled by its local police at piazza Libertà 13B. That is not a last-minute formality.
One point often reported wrongly: the text of the traffic-flow order, as reproduced by local press, lists chauffeur-driven hire cars alongside public transport and taxis among the vehicles whose transit must be eased.
What the fare includes
The fare, by sedan as by van, covers the whole 220-kilometre run from the Riviera, French and Italian tolls included, fuel and driving time, waiting at the filter included. The fare is fixed when you book, and it does not move if the queue grows.
What it does not include: a transit authorisation for an oversized vehicle, long-stay parking in the village car parks, and entry to the regulated zone, which nobody can guarantee.