Courtesy of d!g!tALE by Alessandro Ciabini|Getty Images Cinque Terre is made up of five different towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Monterosso al Mare and Vernazza – each with their own ...

Last June, we spent almost a week in Vernazza, Italy, and had the chance to explore the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre area. These five coastal communities each have unique personalities.

I had another 5 to go. A mound of ice cream felt like a fitting reward for reaching the halfway point of my trek in Italy’s famed Cinque Terre. The “Five Lands” — which, like everything ...

Fiona McIntosh based herself in a B&B in the largest of the Cinque Terre villages, Monterosso, for four nights Each day she walked a stretch of the Cinque Terre coastal trail, enjoying ...

A man takes a picture in Vernazza, Cinque Terre National Park on June 24, 2021. Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP. The Cinque Terre National Park, one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations, is ...

Cinque Terre (which translates to ‘five lands’) has to be one of Italy’s most gorgeous and most famous regions, and hiking along the area’s coastal trails is a must-do activity for those ...