Tucked away in the picturesque mountains of northwestern Italy lies the small fishing villages of Cinque Terre (which translates to “five lands”). If you are planning a Cinque Terre trip for the first ...

Church bells echoed through the sunny piazza as I plopped down on a stone bench, digging my plastic spoon into a cup of basil gelato. I’d hiked about 5 miles that morning. I had another 5 to go. A ...

Since 1931, the Via dell’Amore has been the most iconic—and popular—hiking path in Italy’s Cinque Terre. Etched into seaside cliffs, the trail connects Riomaggiore and Manarola, two of the five ...

Portovenere, a Riviera gem overlooking the Gulf of La Spezia, more romantically known as the Golfo dei Poeti for all the literary figures who came to swoon over the area’s astounding natural beauty, ...

Italy’s Cinque Terre is hardly short on views. These five villages are Instagram fodder with their candy-colored houses stacked beside the Ligurian sea (whether you’ve been or not, you’re no doubt ...