Cinque Terre walking
Following an extraordinary trail, this continuous walk (no trains) takes you the length of the Cinque Terre National Park along Italy’s most spectacular coastline, starting in Levanto and arriving in Portovenere 6 days later, with plenty of time to explore the charming villages you stay in each day.
This continous walking tour of the Cinque Terre follows stone paths that have linked the villages for centuries, starting in Levanto at the eastern end of the National Park and finishing in glorious Portovenere at the western end of the park. They twist and wind along the rugged coast passing through pine forests and terraced vineyards, with breath-taking views out over the Mediterranean, including the less walked routes from Riomaggiore to Portovenere and around the little island off Portovenere. You'll be dropped off at La Spezia railway station (on the Rome/Genoa line) at the end of the walk.
Why choose this tour?
- It’s a continuous village-to-village walk, as it should be done! No queuing for trains to get back and forth to a single base each day
- You will stay at some of the most beautiful coastal towns in Italy (including Vernazza, Riomaggiore and Portovenere) not just walk through them
- You stay in the best available accommodation in each village
- Your luggage is moved each day so all you have to carry on the walks is a daypack
- There are plenty of places along the way to swim in the blue Mediterranean Sea
- 24 hour support from our Florence-based team
- You have use of the exclusive Hidden Italy app
- You will have a curated list of restaurants in each town (from fancy to cheap and cheerful) with booking details and links
The walk
This is a Grade 3 Walk. You follow well-marked tracks; and there are some long climbs up stone stairs. The trails between Monterosso and Vernazza and Vernazza and Riomaggiore can get busy in summer but the crowds (usually daytrippers) can be avioded by getting early starts. The walks can be comfortably done in half a day, which leaves you plenty of time to explore the little villages you'll be staying in. Full details on each walk are on the itinerary. Click here.
The self-guided itineraries are rewalked and the notes updated each year.
The accommodation
Hidden Italy uses the best accommodation available. On the Cinque Terre this means very comfortable, centrally located, family-run hotels. All rooms have en suite bathrooms and air-conditioning. Please bear in mind that these are essentially small fishing villages and don't have a range of accommodation options.
The food
Ligurians like to use their own trusted products which come from the 350 kilometres of coastline with it rough, mountainous hinterland or is fished out of ther own waters. It is an austere but delicous style of cooking that has produced such specialities as pesto sauce and foccaccia. Even the wines, grown with great effort on the steep, rocky terraces seems to have been invented in Liguria, and suits the local food perfectly.
Generous breakfasts are included each day (you'll need them for your walks). Hidden Italy will provide you with a curated list with descriptions and locations of three to four restaurants for each town/village you visit (from fancy to more relaxed). This information will be on the Hidden Italy walking App and you will be able to book your meals directly through the App.
Support on the walk
To guide you through this wonderful walk, you will receive: the Hidden Italy roadbook (an eighty-page A5 booklet that includes comprehensive daily walking notes accompanied by detailed maps, updated and revised each year): access to the exclusive Hidden Italy App to complement the roadbook (the App is downloadable to Apple and Android devices and features information about the routes: maps, GPS tracks, altimetric profiles, etc; GPS navigation on all the routes; an alert function if you stray off the track; and an emergency function); twenty-four-hour phone support from our Florence-based Operations Manager.
Booking conditions
To confirm the booking, a deposit of 25% of the total booking cost is required within 7 days of the issue of the invoice. Please note that in the event of customer cancellation, deposits are refunded, less a cancellation fee of $500 per person per tours. Click here for full T&C’s
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Cost
$2,950
per person
- Six nights accommodation
- All breakfasts included
- Reading lists, historical and cultural notes
- Maps and detailed walking instructions
- Hidden Italy App with GPS to complement the roadbook
- Daily transfers of baggage between hotels
- Drop-off at the end of the tour from Portovenere to La Spezia station (on the Rome/Genoa line)
- The Santa Margherita/Portofino option includes 3 nights in a 4-star hotel, sea views
- 24 hour backup from local manager
- City taxes are not included in the cost of the tour
Cost Options
$2950 b&b per person
Single supplement: $900
Optional: 4-days exploring Santa Margherita and the Portofino National Park (3 days walking). Cost per person is $2000 b&b per person, staying in a 4-star hotel in Santa Margherita.
The transfer from Santa to Levanto (to start the Cinque Terre walk) is included. For detals, click here (bottom of the page).
** Please note a high season surcharge may apply.
Tour costs quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD)
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Testimonials
The Cinque Terre walk was all that we had been told and even better!! We thoroughly enjoyed very moment and your arrangements and guidance were first class. It finished off a remarkable holiday perfectly.
– Carol W, Cinque Terre walk
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