This year, we are teaming up with Marco Scaramuccia of Pequod Boat Tours in Levanto to offer daily sunset boat tours of the stupendous Levanto coastline. This summer season, the Pequod will sail every evening for a once-in-a-lifetime boat tour. The coastline around Levanto is unmatchable and pristine, the waters crystal clear, […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
We’re doing some reconnaissance work this January, checking on the conditions of the lesser-used trails in the Cinque Terre, and yesterday we were on the glorious Levanto-Monterosso trail, a real gem of the Cinque Terre National Park (and free to boot!). [This post is not about the trail, but FYI, […]
Some essential advice about what to do if you are taking a train in the Cinque Terre: Use the entire platform. If everyone spread out the entire length of the platform, the clog of people getting on and off at peak hours would be lessened. This means standing well into […]
Everyone knows that traveling by train in the Cinque Terre can be a nightmare. Way too many people, tiny stations with short platforms, irregular train schedules. Last season (2015) — in our own opinion as guides — the train service was a bit improved from previous years, but it was still […]