Which Cinque Terre towns can you swim in?

Beaches in the Cinque Terre villages
  • Canneto beach. There is also a hidden beach south of Riomaggiore, towards the Tramonti coast, the Canneto beach. ...
  • Bay of Manarola. ...
  • The other bay of Manarola. ...
  • Marina di Corniglia. ...
  • Corniglia beach. ...
  • Guvano beach. ...
  • Vernazza beach. ...
  • Monterosso - Fegina beach.




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If you want a good, long stretch beach with deckchairs and waves in Cinque Terre, then you have to go to Monterosso. However I prefer swimming at Manarola. Manarola has two swimming areas, neither of which are 'beaches' as such.

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Monterosso has the largest beach, but as long as you can get in the water off the rocks, you can swim anywhere.

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Monterosso al Mare is the most touristic of the Cinque Terre. As soon as you leave the train station, you are immediately on the Fegina seafront. In front there are two free beaches, interspersed with a bathing establishment: free beach of Fegina and free beach of the Station.

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You have to skip Corniglia situated on top of a cliff 100 metres above sea level. If you are limited on time, take the train between the villages.

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La Spezia is one of the best places to stay in the Cinque Terre if you're looking for a larger base, with a cobbled old town, and museums and sights of its own. The first of the towns you reach from La Spezia is Riomaggiore, the largest town, and a great base for walkers.

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Corniglia is the only one of the five Cinque Terre towns that isn't a fishing town and you need to walk up around 365 steps to get there. That puts most people off and means that Corniglia is the Cinque Terre town with the fewest tourists.

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If you're planning a visit to Italy's Cinque Terre, it's a good idea to pack sensible hiking shoes. Tourists who walk the steep, hilly terrain that connects the five villages are prohibited from wearing flip-flops, sandals and pumps and could potentially face fines of up to €2500 ($2824) if they break the rules.

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The easiest village to reach by car is actually Monterosso, which also has the cheapest parking. Manarola and Riomaggiore do have parking lots above their towns, but you will need to walk from there to the center. Corniglia and Vernazza are more difficult to reach by car, due to narrow roads and limited parking space.

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Overtourism is a growing phenomenon that our own research indicates affects almost 100 destinations around the world so far, but there are few places in Europe where the problem is so clearly visible as Cinque Terre, on Italy's resplendent Ligurian coast.

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