Guidebook for Cinque Terre Area
Parks & Nature
Cinque Terre National Park
Patrimonio Unesco
Portofino Natural Park: Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, San Fruttuoso, Camogli and the footpaths net that connects them.
22 locals recommend
Portofino Park Authority
1 Corso Elia RainussoPortofino Natural Park: Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, San Fruttuoso, Camogli and the footpaths net that connects them.
Sightseeing
Cinque Terre: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore
Portofino
Genoa
Acquario , Porto Antico e il centro storico più grande d'Europa
Cinque Terre National Park
Shopping
Brugnato 5Terre Outlet Village
Via Antica RomanaGetting Around
Battelli per le CinqueTerre e Portofino nei mesi estivi
10 locals recommend
Consorzio Marittimo Turistico Cinque Terre - Golfo dei Poeti station
Piazza Giuseppe GaribaldiBattelli per le CinqueTerre e Portofino nei mesi estivi
Ferry service from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
6 locals recommend
Consorzio Servizio Marittimo Del Tigullio
33A Piazza Giuseppe MazziniFerry service from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
Golfo Paradiso Snc
14/5 Via Piero SchiaffinoFerry service from Camogli to San Fruttuoso Abbey
Arts & Culture
Pisa
Walled city: the walls encircling the old town remain intact!
The town includes a number of public squares, most notably the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, site of ancient Roman amphitheater; but also Piazzale Verdi; Piazza Napoleone'; and Piazza San Michele.
What to visit:
The courtyard of National Museum of Palazzo Mansi
Teatro del Giglio
San Michele in Foro
San Michele at Antraccoli
Palaces, villas, houses, offices, and museums
Ducal Palace: built on the site of Castruccio Castracani's fortress. Construction began by Ammannati in 1577–1582, and continued by Juvarra in the eighteenth century
Pfanner Palace
Villa Garzoni, noted for its water gardens
Casa di Puccini: House of the opera composer, at the nearby Torre del Lago, where the composer summered. A Puccini opera festival takes place every July–August
Torre delle Ore: ("The Clock Tower")
Guinigi Tower and House: Panoramic view from tower-top balcony with oak trees
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
National Museum of Palazzo Mansi
Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca: botanical garden dating from 1820
Academy of Sciences (1584)
Teatro del Giglio: nineteenth-century opera house
San Francesco Convent Complex and Campus, home to IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca graduate and doctoral school.
San Ponziano, a Renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church, now the university library for IMT Lucca.
Churches
1278 locals recommend
Lucca
Walled city: the walls encircling the old town remain intact!
The town includes a number of public squares, most notably the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, site of ancient Roman amphitheater; but also Piazzale Verdi; Piazza Napoleone'; and Piazza San Michele.
What to visit:
The courtyard of National Museum of Palazzo Mansi
Teatro del Giglio
San Michele in Foro
San Michele at Antraccoli
Palaces, villas, houses, offices, and museums
Ducal Palace: built on the site of Castruccio Castracani's fortress. Construction began by Ammannati in 1577–1582, and continued by Juvarra in the eighteenth century
Pfanner Palace
Villa Garzoni, noted for its water gardens
Casa di Puccini: House of the opera composer, at the nearby Torre del Lago, where the composer summered. A Puccini opera festival takes place every July–August
Torre delle Ore: ("The Clock Tower")
Guinigi Tower and House: Panoramic view from tower-top balcony with oak trees
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
National Museum of Palazzo Mansi
Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca: botanical garden dating from 1820
Academy of Sciences (1584)
Teatro del Giglio: nineteenth-century opera house
San Francesco Convent Complex and Campus, home to IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca graduate and doctoral school.
San Ponziano, a Renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church, now the university library for IMT Lucca.
Churches
Cooking Classes & pesto Masterclass
Every day: cooking 4 courses
10 am: cooking 4 courses
5 pm: pesto masterclass
Monterosso al Mare
Cinque Terre Cooking Classes & Pesto Masterclass