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Seeing Cinque Terre from the water is genuinely a different trip. The pastel villages that look interesting from the train look extraordinary from 200 metres offshore, because you finally see how vertically they are built into the cliffs. The main operator is Consorzio Marittimo Turistico 5 Terre - Golfo dei Poeti, which runs a scheduled ferry from April to October between Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore, and Portovenere. A single hop between villages costs around 6 to 10 EUR in 2026, and a full-day unlimited ticket runs about 27 EUR (35 EUR including Portovenere). Corniglia has no port because of its cliff position, so boats skip it entirely. Boats stop running in bad sea conditions, and the service is sharply reduced in winter.

Pro Tip: Take the train one way and the boat back. The train is fast and cheap for the outbound leg, and the boat gives you the view at a slower pace on the return.