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 ...

Ruth Manifredi: My heart broke when I saw Vernazza for the first time two days after the storm. I had heard some of the news but was unable to contact anyone in Vernazza since all communications ...

Courtesy of d!g!tALE by Alessandro Ciabini|Getty Images Cinque Terre is made up of five different towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Monterosso al Mare and Vernazza – each with their own ...

Meaning “five lands,” Cinque Terre encompasses the five towns of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. All of these towns have distinct personalities. Each is connected to ...

Swimmers climb on the rocks in the harbor of Vernazza, one of the five picturesque cliffside towns of Italy’s Cinque Terre. Photograph by Nicolas van Ryk, VISUM/Redux By the late 20th century ...