The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding ...

Even before Rick Steves put Cinque Terre on his must-visit destination map in the late 1970s, ... In 1997, Cinque Terre, along with neighbor Portovenere, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cinque Terre is made up of five different towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Monterosso al Mare and Vernazza – each with their own personalities and own allures to travelers.

Campiglia, a village that lies between Portovenere and the Cinque Terre town of Riomaggiore. Getty. 8. It’s a trekker’s paradise.

Fifteen years ago the Cinque Terre, five tiny, pretty pastel-painted coastal villages in Liguria, between Genoa and Pisa, were still more or less a secret. Then came the magazine photo spreads ...