Five Villages Attractions Cinqueterre (Cinque Terre)

The very picturesque coastal region known as the Cinque Terre, fringed by tall and precipitous cliffs, lies between La Spezia and Levanto on the Gulf of Genoa, the so-called Riviera di Levante, with the five villages ("cinque terre") of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore, of which Monterosso al Mare, a medieval fishing village, is the largest.

These picturesque villages, linked with one another only by a narrow winding country road but accessible individually by road, railroad or boat, have in consequence of their remoteness preserved their old-world aspect.