Active Tour of Cinque Terre
Duration
5 Days/4 Nights
TRANSPORT
Walking
Starting from
$946.00
Day 1: RAPALLO
Arrival and check-in to your hotel in Rapallo. Free time for relaxation and to explore this very pretty seaside town.
Day 2: PORTOFINO, SAN FRUTTUOSO ABBEY, CAMOGLI
After breakfast at the hotel, meet your guide and transfer by public boat to Portofino. From Portofino you will go on foot to reach the splendid abbey of San Fruttuoso enjoying beautiful panoramic scenery and this walk will take approx one and a half hours. You will have a guided tour around the abbey and time permitting lunch, at your own expense, in a charming little restaurant on the beach. After this you will leave by boat from San Fruttuoso to Camogli. During this short cruise you will have the chance to admire the unusual water surfaces and perhaps catch a glimpse of the underwater memorial "Cristo degli Abissi" (the Christ of the Deep) built in memory of all those whose work took them to sea and who died and were buried at sea. At Camogli you have time to visit this most colorful and charming little town where we recommend you taste the famous "camogliesi", a delicious cake made and renowned here. Return to Rapallo by private transfer. Overnight at your Hotel accommodation.
Day 3: CINQUE TERRE NATIONAL PARK, MANAROLA, CORNIGLIA, VOLASTRA, VERNAZZA, MONTEROSSO
After breakfast at the hotel, departure by train to reach Manarola, one of the Cinque Terre villages (approx 1 hour train ride). After your arrival in Manarola, meet and greet with your guide and time to visit this town. From here, you will go on foot to Corniglia along a very scenic path that goes through the village of Volastra. Here you will experience at first hand the true meaning of "Cinque Terre"(five lands): land that has been reclaimed from the mountains by the unyielding work and courageous exploits of man. The walk will take approximately two hours and is relatively easy. When you reach Corniglia and after a short visit to this picturesque village, lunch, at your own expense, in a local inn with its own wine cellar and where you will feel you are eating in a private home but in a historical setting! After lunch you will go by train to Vernazza to visit this village and the tour will end in Monterosso. Here you will have some free time for shopping and then return to Rapallo by train. Overnight at your Hotel accommodation in Rapallo
Day 4: CAMPIGLIA, PORTOVENERE, GULF OF POETS
After breakfast at your hotel hotel, meet your guide and transfer in a private minivan to Campiglia, a small hamlet situated between the Cinque Terre and the town of La Spezia. From here you will go on foot towards Portovenere. The walk will take 2 hours and it is absolutely the most panoramic route ever enabling you to admire the splendid gulf (known locally at the gulf of the poets) and you will experience it from a rare vantage point that is off the main tourist routes. You will come down the hill passing through the fortress of Portovenere and this will bring you out right in the centre of the town. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon we recommend you take a mini cruise on a private caique to the islands of Palmaria, Tino e Tinetto, with a stop at a charming inlet to taste some local produce (not included). Return to hotel by minivan. Overnight in Rapallo.
Day 5: RAPALLO
After breakfast at hotel, Check-out and end of our services.
Arrival and check-in to your hotel in Rapallo. Free time for relaxation and to explore this very pretty seaside town.
Day 2: PORTOFINO, SAN FRUTTUOSO ABBEY, CAMOGLI
After breakfast at the hotel, meet your guide and transfer by public boat to Portofino. From Portofino you will go on foot to reach the splendid abbey of San Fruttuoso enjoying beautiful panoramic scenery and this walk will take approx one and a half hours. You will have a guided tour around the abbey and time permitting lunch, at your own expense, in a charming little restaurant on the beach. After this you will leave by boat from San Fruttuoso to Camogli. During this short cruise you will have the chance to admire the unusual water surfaces and perhaps catch a glimpse of the underwater memorial "Cristo degli Abissi" (the Christ of the Deep) built in memory of all those whose work took them to sea and who died and were buried at sea. At Camogli you have time to visit this most colorful and charming little town where we recommend you taste the famous "camogliesi", a delicious cake made and renowned here. Return to Rapallo by private transfer. Overnight at your Hotel accommodation.
Day 3: CINQUE TERRE NATIONAL PARK, MANAROLA, CORNIGLIA, VOLASTRA, VERNAZZA, MONTEROSSO
After breakfast at the hotel, departure by train to reach Manarola, one of the Cinque Terre villages (approx 1 hour train ride). After your arrival in Manarola, meet and greet with your guide and time to visit this town. From here, you will go on foot to Corniglia along a very scenic path that goes through the village of Volastra. Here you will experience at first hand the true meaning of "Cinque Terre"(five lands): land that has been reclaimed from the mountains by the unyielding work and courageous exploits of man. The walk will take approximately two hours and is relatively easy. When you reach Corniglia and after a short visit to this picturesque village, lunch, at your own expense, in a local inn with its own wine cellar and where you will feel you are eating in a private home but in a historical setting! After lunch you will go by train to Vernazza to visit this village and the tour will end in Monterosso. Here you will have some free time for shopping and then return to Rapallo by train. Overnight at your Hotel accommodation in Rapallo
Day 4: CAMPIGLIA, PORTOVENERE, GULF OF POETS
After breakfast at your hotel hotel, meet your guide and transfer in a private minivan to Campiglia, a small hamlet situated between the Cinque Terre and the town of La Spezia. From here you will go on foot towards Portovenere. The walk will take 2 hours and it is absolutely the most panoramic route ever enabling you to admire the splendid gulf (known locally at the gulf of the poets) and you will experience it from a rare vantage point that is off the main tourist routes. You will come down the hill passing through the fortress of Portovenere and this will bring you out right in the centre of the town. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon we recommend you take a mini cruise on a private caique to the islands of Palmaria, Tino e Tinetto, with a stop at a charming inlet to taste some local produce (not included). Return to hotel by minivan. Overnight in Rapallo.
Day 5: RAPALLO
After breakfast at hotel, Check-out and end of our services.
