As he (or occasionally she) will be your guide, converse a bit to see if you're comfortable with their style and command of English. They gather along the Grand Canal by the Doge's Palace and at Rialto Bridge, and you'll see them in their striped shirts and straw hats on bridges and canals as you explore the city. It may be Venice's number one cliché, but drifting along a canal in the graceful curve of a gondola is one of the top things to do in Italy.
Glide through Venice in a Gondola Gondola in Venice
Read More: Visiting the 5 Towns of the Cinque Terre: The Essential GuideĢ.Stop in a park office at rail stations for maps, updates on trail conditions (they are subject to frequent washouts), and to buy a trail pass. Spring and fall are the best times to avoid both crowds and the blazing summer sun (there's little shade along the trails) if you hike in summer, try to get an early morning start. You'll be rewarded with the best views, including a panorama of all five towns, and you'll be sharing the trail with only a hardy few. Longer, rough, and the most vertigo-inspiring is the often narrow trail between Vernazza and Monterosso. Twice as long, the trail between Corniglia and Vernazza reaches the route's highest point after a stiff climb on often-uneven stone steps, but also includes walks through olive groves and some knock-out views. To experience the Cinque Terre without boots or vertigo, choose the shortest and most popular segment, the two-kilometer Via dell'Amore, between Riomaggiore and Manarola.Īlso fairly easy, and less crowded, the section from Manarola to Corniglia is the same distance but takes a little longer to hike.
Hiking the entire route requires stamina, good boots, and a head for heights, as it is carved in places into nearly vertical cliffs above the sea, with no railings. The 12-kilometer Sentiero Azzurro stretches from Monterosso to Riomaggiore, but it's conveniently broken into segments that you can hike from one town to the next, returning or moving on by train. Hike the Cinque Terre Cinque Terre trailįor spectacular views, picturesque villages, wild open landscapes and local experiences, it's hard to beat the five towns of Italy's Cinque Terre and the cliff path that connects them.
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