Cinque Terre itinerary

1. 1

   Monterosso to Vernazza - Sentiero Azzurro Trail 592-4

   Trail 592-4 is the hardest of the open Sentiero Azzurro legs and the one people consistently underestimate. It runs 3.3 km with an official park time of 1 hour 50 minutes, which park signage often rounds up to 2 hours…

   Address

   Monterosso al Mare railway station, 19016 Monterosso al Mare SP, Italy

   Nearest transit

   Monterosso al Mare station on the Cinque Terre Express line between Levanto and La Spezia Centrale; the 592-4 gate is roughly a 10-minute walk east through the old town

2. 2

   Vernazza to Corniglia - Sentiero Azzurro Trail 592-3

   If you only walk one stretch of the Sentiero Azzurro, make it trail 592-3. Vernazza to Corniglia covers 3.2 km with an official time of 1 hour 30 minutes, a maximum altitude of about 220 m and something in the order of…

   Address

   Vernazza railway station, 19018 Vernazza SP, Italy

   Nearest transit

   Vernazza station on the Cinque Terre Express; the 592-3 gate is about 5 minutes uphill from Piazza Marconi on the harbour

3. 3

   Via dell'Amore, Riomaggiore to Manarola - Trail 592-1

   The Via dell'Amore, trail 592-1, is finally back in full. The last section at the Manarola gate reopened on 3 April 2026 according to the Comune di Riomaggiore, restoring end-to-end walkability for the first time in…

   Address

   Via dell'Amore entrance gate, Riomaggiore railway station, 19017 Riomaggiore SP, Italy

   Nearest transit

   Riomaggiore station on the Cinque Terre Express; the entrance gate sits beside the station, and Manarola station is a 900 m walk away at the far end

4. 4

   Corniglia to Manarola via Volastra - Trails 506 and 586 (the 592-2 closure workaround)

   This is the entry almost every Cinque Terre article gets wrong. The direct coastal path between Manarola and Corniglia, trail 592-2, has been closed since 2012 after landslides, and the ground has stayed unstable ever…

   Address

   Corniglia railway station, 19018 Corniglia SP, Italy

   Nearest transit

   Corniglia station on the Cinque Terre Express, with the ATC shuttle bus up to Corniglia village; at the other end, ATC buses run from Manarola up to Volastra

5. 5

   Sentiero Rosso, the Alta Via delle Cinque Terre - Trail 591

   Park trail 591, formerly trail number 1, is the Sentiero Rosso or Alta Via delle Cinque Terre: about 40 km from Portovenere to Levanto along the ridge above the villages, roughly 11 hours of walking, a maximum altitude…

   Address

   Levanto railway station, 19015 Levanto SP, Italy

   Nearest transit

   Levanto and Monterosso al Mare stations serve the north end and Riomaggiore and La Spezia Centrale the south; Portovenere has no railway station and is reached by ATC bus from La Spezia

From the trip1 travel guide “5 Best Hikes in Cinque Terre” · trip1.com