The Sentiero Vernazza a Corniglia is a section of the popular blue trail, which also goes by the names "No. 2" and "Sentiero Azzurro." You'll need your Cinque Terre Card to access the trail.

The Cinque Terre Express trains are local trains that run frequently from Spring until Fall, stopping in all five towns of Cinque Terre. This year, the dates are March 15 until November 2, 2025.

Read for tips on how to visit Cinque Terre without the crowds, plus one Afar editor's experience visiting the area.

Cinque Terre is a group of cinque (five) villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore and Corniglia — strung along cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Since it became both a ...

Since 1931, the Via dell’Amore has been the most iconic—and popular—hiking path in Italy’s Cinque Terre. Etched into seaside cliffs, the trail connects Riomaggiore and Manarola, two of the ...

Italy's Cinque Terre, hit by flash flooding, digs out The communities of Vernazza and Monterosso are in for a bleak, backbreaking winter of digging out and rebuilding, but they are determined to ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Italy's Riviera: Cinque Terre. Season 8 Episode 807 | 25m 4s Video has Closed Captions | CC. We visit Italy's most remote, romantic stretch of the Riviera, from Vernazza to ...