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My husband and I recently visited the Cinque Terre. We only had one day though and had to get from Portofino to Riomaggiore and back to Portofino within 8 hours – almost impossible on a week day due to the train schedules — lack of trains. We had two choices on the train – catch…

My husband and I were in Cinque Terre last weekend 2-5 July, and hiked the trail between Monterosso and Vernazza. We found the “blue trail” though now there is also a “red trail” leading out of Monterosso. We took the blue only to find that it is no longer maintained and in several spots, we…

The trail between Manarola and Riomaggiore is still closed. Don’t listen to the Information worker in Monterosso about the availability of hotel rooms in Vernazza. She told us not to worry – yet, after we hiked there (that trail is open and quite rigorous!) we had to search for a room – finally ending up…

Thank you so much for your Cinque Terre pages…….we are planning a trip to Italy with friends in July, and had spent the winter figuring out that we wanted to spend 4 days in Florence, a week in a Tuscany villa southeast of Sienna, and were looking for the perfect third place to spend 3…

I just returned from three days in the CT, and had a very nice stay at La Torretta. We had a small apartment with a large terrace overlooking the town and sea below for 140,000 lira a night. The rooms were pleasant (nicer than they look on La Torretta’s web site) and clean. Gabriele, the…

I went to Europe for 3 weeks In Sept. with my 4 friends that had graduated the year before with me. Cinque Terre was so beautiful. It was such a welcomed break from the hustle and bustle of European cities. Not only did the beautiful mountains descending into the bluest of water offer serenity, but…