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Steve Carmichael was in Cinque Terre in August 1997. His account from memory is a good example of the pace of life in Cinque Terre and of the fact that a lot of time traveling is spent on logistics. Our first night was spent in Riomaggiore at “Momma Rosa’s”, the only youth hostel in Cinque…

My husband and I had longed to visit Cinque Terre for at least a decade since a friend told us about this little piece of paradise. We prefer to think of ourselves as travellers rather than tourists. Rather than rushing from one location to another, we like to find a place, set up house and…

Two mouths ago I was in Cinque Terra for a day. I was on a trip with a church group to go to World Youth Day, and we stopped and stayed two nights in La Spezia. We road the train to Monterosso al Mare and split up from there. Me and five other people from…

You asked that I give you some info on where we stayed in CT. We started off at a place (way) above the town of Vernazza, a small grouping of houses called Seroa (very close to San Bernardino). The owner misled us considerably in suggesting it was only a 30-45 min. walk to town. The…

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…

Just to let you know that we had a great time in the Cinque Terre. Access by car is easier than I thought it would be. We parked in the Riomaggiore ramp. Accommodations for my wife, son and I were much better than I expected –the “harbor” was right out side our window (30 feet…