On this short walking tour you will see some of the best walks. The famous ones, but also some of the less crowded trails. You walk through the extensive footpath network of the area from village to village, between forest and vineyards, through a spectacular terraced landscape overlooking the sea. You also have the time to visit the historic towns of Levanto, Portovenere
\nand of course the five charming villages which make up the \u2018Cinque Terre\u2019, little gems of colourful houses in a green landscape.
\nThe \u2018Cinque Terre\u2019 gets its name from the five picturesque villages of Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. The area, now a major National Park, is a unique part of Italy. For over a thousand years people have lived in this dramatic landscape, slowly altering its features and cultivating the steep hillsides that lead down to rocky shores. An extensive network of ancient mule tracks \u2013 today used as footpaths \u2013 takes you through an extraordinary landscape of terraces, built by hand with stones and earth.<\/p>\n
During this tour you\u2019ll do all the best walks: from Levanto you walk along the coast to the headland of Punta Mesco, the most notable promontory in the region, with beautiful views over the sea. It will also give you the first glance of the Cinque Terre, with the option to walk down to the first village, Monterosso al Mare. Of course you do the most \u2018classic\u2019 of all walks in the Cinque
\nTerre: the walk along the coast touching all five villages: Riomaggiore, Manarola, an attractive little village with steep
\nmulticoloured houses overlooking a rocky port, Corniglia, perched on a ridge overlooking the sea, and Vernazza, arguably the prettiest of all the villages. From there can you continue through terraced vineyards and nice woodlands to Monterosso al Mare again, approaching it from the other side. But the area has more to offer: one day you\u2019ll walk to the small town of Portovenere, with a wonderful island just in front of it at the entrance to the \u2018Gulf of Poets\u2019, and one daywalk brings you along the several sanctuaries higher up in the mountains, with great views on the villages down at the seaside. Of course you\u2019ll have the time to explore lively Levanto, a charming medieval town with a broad beach, where you\u2019ll stay during the first days of your tour. Levanto is a lively little town with a good beach and a charming medieval centre. As the town doesn\u2019t live from tourism only, also out of season there is still some \u2018local life\u2019, with bars and restaurants open. Upon request you can then either move to one of the villages on the Cinque Terre coast (we recommend Riomaggiore) or travel by train to the start of the walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tour_category":[258],"tour_destination":[718,460],"tour_type":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/1092242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tour_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_category?post=1092242"},{"taxonomy":"tour_destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_destination?post=1092242"},{"taxonomy":"tour_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funactive.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_type?post=1092242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}