Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
7am-8pm)
Offices in the train stations of all
Parco Nazionale
(
www.parconazionale5terre.it
;
five villages and also in La Spezia station.
Getting There & Around
BOAT
Cinque Terre from Genoa (one way/return €18/33). Seasonal boat services to/from Santa
Margherita (€17.50/25.50) are handled by the
Servizio Marittimo del Tigullio
From late March to October, La Spezia-based
Consorzio Marittimo Turistico Cinque Terre
Golfo dei Poeti
(
www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it
)
runs daily shuttle boats between all of the
Cinque Terre villages (except Corniglia), costing €8 one way, including all stops, or €15
for an all-day ticket.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Private vehicles are not allowed beyond village entrances. If you're arriving by car or mo-
torcycle, you'll need to pay to park in designated car parks. In some villages, minibus
shuttles depart from the car parks (one way/return €1.50/2.50) - park offices have season-
al schedules.
TRAIN
Between 6.30am and 10pm, one to three trains an hour trundle along the coast between
Genoa and La Spezia, stopping at each of the Cinque Terre's villages. Unlimited 2nd-class
rail travel between Levanto and La Spezia is covered by the Cinque Terre card.
Monterosso
POP 1527
The most accessible village by car and the only Cinque Terre settlement to sport a tourist
beach, Monterosso is the furthest west and least quintessential of the quintet (it was
briefly ditched from the group in the 1940s). Noted for its lemon trees and anchovies, the
village is split into two parts (old and new) linked by an underground tunnel that burrows
beneath the blustery San Cristoforo promontory. Monterosso was badly hit by the 2011
floods, but has recovered remarkably quickly. Most businesses in town are open again, al-
