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Welcome to Cinque Terre!

le Cinque Terre

The territory of Cinque Terre represents one of the most beautiful corners of the coast of Liguria. They are set between the land and the sea, along an indented coast which offers unique and charming sceneries. Nature, in this piece of coast stretched between Punta Mesco (north, toward Levanto) and Punta di Montenero (south, toward Laspezia) is of such beauty, that it was granted the status of National Park.

Also, the Cinque Terre often enjoy special recognitions from the Italian Environmental Authority Legambiente, for the purity of the waters. Since 1997, this fascinating place has been designated by Unesco a protected human world heritage. The five villages which make up the Cinque Terre are: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Rio Maggiore.

Testimonies of the first human settlements in this area date back to the pre-Roman age. But it was only around the year 1000 that the villages became bigger, shaping their present aspect. The agricultural territories, although very uncomfortable, are very suitable for the cultivation of such products as olive trees and vineyards. As consequence of the demographic growth that occurred in the medieval age, the farmers were forced to exploit the terraces which strongly characterized the coastal territory up to present times. Not only a pleasant and mild climate, the spectacular view of the terraced cultivations overlooking the coast, the indented and rocky coasts, the high and steep promontories, the ancient watching towers, the wide gulfs. Cinque Terre is much more than that! The five villages, with their colourful buildings stretching out of the steep coasts, are able to offer a peculiar and suggestive topology, which keeps fascinating the visitors.    

Not to forget the suggestive path connecting Manarola with Rio Maggiore, called the Love Path because of its romantic charm.