It is possible to travel between the Cinque Terre villages (Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manorola, Riomaggiore) by train (mostly by tunnel) or boat (with boat stops at all 5 villages except Corniglia). There are 358 steps from the village of Corniglia to the train station (walked down). Day trip: Train to Monterosso (10 min, 4 Euro pp); boat to Porto Venere south of Riomaggiore (1.5 hr, 16 Euro); boat back to Riomaggiore (30 min, 12 Euro pp); train back to Corniglia (10 min, 4 Euro pp); shuttle bus up to village (5 min, 2.5 Euro pp).
The switch-back steps from the village of Corniglia
to the train station (Corniglia is the central village).
The beach in Montorosso (furthest north)
(the only one of the 5 villages with a long beach)
View from the Montorosso boat launch
Views from the boat
(one of the passenger boats)
Fortress ruins at porto Venere
Village of Porto Venere
Porto Venere street scenes
Wayne and Nomi's lunch time salad at a
Porto Venere sidewalk cafe
View from the Porto Venere fortress ruins.
Back in Corniglia
Our internet cafe to catch up with email.
At 6 pm in Corniglia itt is 11 am in Lincoln.
Olive tree garden Restaurante La Posada
with a viewto the Mediterranean.
