The Cinque Terre is one of the greatest clean zones in Mediterranean Basin. It is located in Liguria, to the west of La Spezia. About 5 miles of rocky coast among two capes, hundreds of miles of beautiful paths, five small villages that located over the sea on the rocks. Cinque Terre didn`t suffer from massive expansion because of its history and position of local towns. You can see here mass of vineyards, very characteristic for this area. Thanks to them the unique landscape was formed here with the stone walls located on a land, with the twisting coastal footpaths, with the most beautiful beaches between capes and with crystal transparent waters.

Cinque Terre offer not only sea, beautiful footpaths with take breathing view, old churches, Sanctuaries, oratories and some castles, diving in Riomaggiore, food and wines of first quality. The Cinque Terre is National Park of Italy and since 1997 is protected territory by UNESCO. Cinque Terre consists of five villages (from north to south): Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore. If you want to know more about towns and paths - visit the dedicated page "Places to visit".
If you have only one day to visit we have a special page for you: "Cinque Terre in one day".
Note that on October 25, 2011 Cinque Terre suffered from the massive flooding. Read about the results and the current state on this page.

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