Courtesy of d!g!tALE by Alessandro Ciabini|Getty Images The best way to get around Cinque Terre is by foot. Not only is trekking the chief attraction of this Italian coastal region, but it's also the ...

I'm up early in my favorite village on the Italian Riviera, as the morning sun touches the tip of Vernazza's bell tower and greets a peaceful world. The air is damp, cool, and refreshing as I wander ...

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I remember seeing Cinque Terre, Italy for the first time on my dad's computer screensaver. The colorful buildings and jagged cliffs seemed unreal. The dreamy scene was so far from what my flat ...

The beaches, the wine, the people -- don't miss a thing. With over 2.4 million annual visitors, Cinque Terre is one of the most-visited regions in Italy. And that's really saying something, ...

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When I first came to the Cinque Terre, then an isolated stretch of the Italian Riviera south of Genoa, it was a classic "back door": a string of five pastel-hued hamlets clinging to craggy seaside ...

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano’s recent visit to Vernazza—one of five villages along Liguria’s fabled Cinque Terre coast—signaled a comeback for a region devastated by flooding and mudslides ...