Just back from Cinque Terre (April 5) and wanted to share that the trail is currently closed between Monterosso and Vernazza. Also still closed is the trail between Riomaggiore and Manarola. Sophia
Thank you for your useful website of C.T. with all the good advice. It made us change our plans for our holiday in Italy. Our Comments: We visited C.T. for a week, in February/March. Changing weather, from snow in the height to nice sunshine, temp. 7 – 14°C, cool but pleasant for hiking. We stayed…
Thanks very much for your very informative website, which I checked almost daily before our departure for Italy two weeks ago. We were in Cinque Terre March 15 – 18 and since I myself had been very concerned about the condition of the trails in advance of our trip, I thought other readers might want…
Hello, I was in Cinque Terre in June 2000, and stayed for four amazing days at La Torretta in Manarola. Gabriele, the proprietor, was incredibly sweet and helpful, and the place was clean, though not luxurious (but very affordable for my double room with private bath). Definitely book in advance, since he is usually full….
I like your website on CT a lot, having been there twice now and finding your comments to be very accurate and helpful. The first time we went, we stayed in La Spezia — don’t remember where. Last year we stayed in Monterosso, at Hotel 5 Terre — the only one we could find that…
I want to add that we wanted to have a room at the Albergo Barbara on the square but they were booked. Patricia was a very sweet and helpful person. She rented a private apartment to us for 150,000 lire. It was three bedrooms, a kitchen, bath, fully furnished and clean with a rooftop terrace…
The trails are actually still closed, only the Levanto-Monterosso, Monterosso-Vernazza and Vernazza-Corniglia are open. Via dell’amore was in trouble, but some work have already been done. The administrators say that the paths will be all open before Easter. In the picture below you will see the rocks have fallen down in Via dell’amore (I could…
I decided to make a last minute trip this summer (2000) to Cinque Terre and had heard rumor of Mama Rosa’s just before we left Florence. We met about 8 other backpackers on the train and none of us with a place to stay so we decided to find this well known Hostel. As we…
I saw your Cinque Terra website and wanted to pass along some information I learned during my visit last week. We found the Via Dell’ Amore trail closed indefinitely. Due to agriculture and viniculture leaving the area, the soil is eroding and there have been problems with landslides. The people in the towns have a…
Officially, all Cinque Terre trails are closed until further notice by the provincial government. Along with closure notices, all trails have barriers at each entrance and exit. This is a power play by the provincial government to extract maintenance monies from the local towns. (“pay up” or lose your tourist dollars). Following what seems like…