CINQUE TERRE AND THE GENOVA AQUARIUM

1° Day Genova

Your group arrives in Genova in the afternoon, where you will visit the famous aquarium, and, if already on, the exhibitions in the Palazzo Ducale. Departure for hotel chosen,where you will have your evening meal and accommodation.

2° Day Cinque Terre

After breakfast in hotel, departure for La Spezia, where you will embark the 10 o’clock ferry (you must be there at least 30 minutes before) to Cinque Terre: from the sea you can admire the picturesque coastline and the steep drop, diligently carved out from the mountains so as to have terraced vineyards for the production of the famous D.O.C. Cinque Terre wine and the precious Schiachetrà, their “passito” wine (made from dried grapes). As you sail along the coast you can see the small towns of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, until you reach the biggest of them all, Monterosso, at about 12 noon. Here you disembark for a tour of this characteristic town and some free, local wine tasting in a wine shop. Fish speciality lunch in a restaurant. Departure from Monterosso Mare for Manarola by train. An easy walk of about 1 kilometre along the romantic and famous “Via dell’Amore”, cut out of the rocks with a sheer drop down to the sea, takes you to Riomaggiore, the town in Cinque terre with the highest number of inhabitants. Return journey to La Spezia by train, where the bus takes you back to the hotel. Evening meal and accommodation.

3° Day