To find out more, I embarked on six days of tastings, cellar visits, and vineyard hikes. It was early morning on the footpath to Corniglia, and half an hour in, I’d seen more farmers than hikers.

vineyards define the landscape of this Cinque Terre town. Within the town, you might want to squeeze in time to tour the 14th- century Church of San Lorenzo or the old Campanile Bianco watchtower.

If you start ascending a long staircase that overlooks vineyards and orchards ... already purchased admission to the Parco Nazionale Cinque Terre, you'll have to pay a few euros near the trailhead.

On Country Walkers’ private seven-day Cinque Terre circuit, families follow the ... Afternoons are free for hiking terraced vineyards or snorkeling the Mediterranean. Work up an appetite hiking ...