Visitors flock to this part of northwest Italy, chasing their own version of la dolce vita, the sweet life. And they come to hike.

How best to see Italy’s dreamy Ligurian coast? Follow the ancient cobblestoned paths that wind from town to town.

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While this might be a little village, today many describe Vernazza as the most crowded in Cinque Terre. Its main street, which takes you from the train to a little harbor on the sea, hosts a ...

Cinque Terre (which translates to five lands) is a collection of pastel-colored medieval fishing villages spanning 14.9 square miles. Although housing around 4,000 residents, the region hosts an ...

(CNN) — Bianca Gignac was swimming under the stars, against a backdrop of colorful, cliffside houses, with a complete stranger, her clothes left in a pile on a rock. Bianca was in the harbor of ...

You can also veer off the trail halfway between the Cinque Terre villages for a visit to the clothing-optional beach, Guvano. Recent visitors called Sentiero Vernazza a Corniglia a semi-strenuous ...

Cinque Terre is a group of cinque (five) villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore and Corniglia — strung along cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Since it became both a ...

Away from the beaches and clifftop terraces, there are winding hillside paths along the Riviera – the hikes between the Cinque Terre villages are especially scenic – that provide a chance to ...