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Why the
Cinque Terre
is special
Photogenic villages and terraced vineyards cling to the steep, craggy coastline
of Cinque Terre.

Tips & insights on the
Cinque Terre

The
name means "five lands", referring to the area's five fishing villages.

Those
villages are blessed with narrow streets and old-time charm.

Until
recent times, they were directly accessible only by boat or mule trail.
Nowadays, there is train service to each village. A daily ship-ferry
service is also available (with superb views of the Cinque Terre sea-landscape).
You can drive to or near some of the villages (but parking is a problem).

Hikers
trek between the communities on a narrow, up-and-down, 12-kilometer (7-mile)
trail. The panoramic views are awesome. Some sections are challenging and not
recommended for the unfit or acrophobic.

Vernazza
is the most picturesque of the villages. Riomaggiore is the runner-up (though it
is the most touristy).




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