A record four million people visited last year, concentrated in a 1km area – just 3 percent of the Cinque Terre national park. The 1km area includes villages Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza ...

Cinque Terre is a region of five cliffside villages in Italy, but it can get crowded. Here is Rick Steves' favorite and his advice on how to avoid the crowds.

Cinque Terre’s iconic ‘path of love’ is back. Don’t love it to death Travelers can finally hike Italy’s Via dell’Amore again after a decade of restoration.

Italy’s Cinque Terre is famous for its sunny-coloured, cliff-clinging villages linked by vertiginous walking paths. The hiking routes draw thousands of visitors in spring and summer, to the ...

With the maze of village streets off limits to cars aside from an occasional taxi, Cinque Terre is best reached via train and explored on foot or by boat. Hop aboard a ferry and hop off at any of ...