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Cinque Terre Private Tour: Explore Villages & Vineyards
4.9
102 Ratings
Riomaggiore
Experience the authentic beauty of Cinque Terre on a private trekking tour with a native guide. Explore the villages, vineyards, and learn about the history and regional wine. Personalized service for small groups. No hiking? No problem, we have a plan for you too!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Via Telemaco Signorini, 687 - Here, we hike the hillsides, talking about the vineyards and the history of Cinque Terre. We pass farmers, who we sometimes stop to talk to, and locals as we go through the villages. We want you to feel like one of us here. You are not being on a bus tour with 40 people running through the village in 20 minutes. Your guide does not leave your side while in the village. This is truly a personal experience one has with us. The trek goes from Riomaggiore up & back towards Groppo before heading down into Manarola. It will take about 4 hours of hiking, photos & learning before you can get a bite to eat in Manarola. The rest is an easy train ride to the beach resort of Monterosso. Here, you walk along the boardwalk through the tunnel to Old Town. Tour this small village before catching the Ferry Boat along the Cinque Terre Coastline to Riomaggiore. Here you walk up through the marina & to the train station where we meet in the morning. Changes can be made to accommodate anyone who does not want to hike. Ask for details.
What's Included
- Walking sticks available
- Ferry boat ride (weather permitting)
What's Not Included
- Cinque Terre Train Pass (we recommend you purchase this day train pass) s
- Lunch
Additional Information
Trek & tour through the most beautiful area of Cinque Terre with a private guide. This tour will give you an understanding of the villages and the most comprehensive tour of the region in one day. Your group can be as small as two people or up to 10, depending on your needs—personal service with a native English-speaking guide. Walk through the villages and vineyards and learn about the history and how the regional wine Sciacchetrà is made. This guide is a local who lives here and not someone from out of the area. You will go higher than any of the trails other tours go on and learn about Cinque Terre. It would be best if you stayed in Cinque Terre to see and enjoy what beauty is in store for you. Cinque Terre is not a checklist or bucket list place, so don’t be pushed through like cattle. Remember, this is a private tour, not groups of people like you see advertised on other sites. If you don’t hike? Do not worry; we have a plan for you to enjoy the beauty as well.
- Wear comfortable shoes with good traction
- Parts of Via Del’Amore are closed
- Boats can stop running due to weather
- We do our best to fit this day to meet your medical needs if there are problems. We Do Not Run
Location
Bar Stazione eredi Soldani Eliseo
Piazza Rio Finale
We meet in front of the Station bar at the Riomaggiore train station at around 8:30 am. Upon booking, we will give very detailed instructions on how to reach us. If you are staying in Riomaggiore, then we can meet the evening before our trek. The new Train price is 5 Euro per stop 18.20 for the pass
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Tony_h
Aug 27, 2024
Terrific Cinque Terre experience! - Pall is a very engaging trek guide and gave us terrific history of Cinque Terre along our journey. This trek is suitable only for people that are in moderately good physical shape
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Marcanthony_s
Aug 26, 2024
An amazing way to seek the Cinque Terre! - This was an amazing trek! And by 'trek', I mean huge hike! The trek started in Riomaggiore and went through a bunch of villages, some of which seem extremely happy to be cut off from the rest of the world (I'm looking at you, Groppo). Our guide, Pall, is an American ex-pat who speaks beautiful Italian and is accepted as one-of-their-own by the locals - not something they do lightly. He was extremely knowledgeable of the history, geology, and customs of the villages of the Cinque Terre. He's a fantastic guide. While I mentioned that this is a serious trek - one with steep hills and very narrow trails - he made it very manageable with many stops to talk and rest. That said, when we actually stopped in the main villages of the Cinque Terre, it was hard not to look at all the tourists and think that we actually earned the trip. This was my family's favorite excursion!
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Nicholas_l
Aug 15, 2024
Pall is fabulous! Highly recommend!!! - Our guide Pall was incredible! Lives in the area and has a passion for the history and features that make Riomaggiore special and is great at sharing it with you❤️.
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Tim_b
Jul 28, 2024
Pall is an excellent guide to show you around Cinque Terre - We really enjoyed our tour with Pall through Cinque Terre. He knows so many people in town and everywhere we went many of the locals greeted him warmly. He also knows a great deal about the history of the area and we learned a lot about how it evolved over the centuries.
Best of all, Pall knows the best paths to take to hike between the towns of CQ. It was a very hot day when we went and we were very appreciative of the mostly shaded paths he took us on. We encountered very few people on the pretty paths we took whereas we saw from a distance how many people went along paths with very little shade.
I’d highly recommend people to book this tour with Pall.
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Diwendel
Jul 14, 2024
Sensational! - A perfect full day in experiencing Cinque Terre. Brigitte is a gem filled with local knowledge, history, nature and just a delight. She kept paced to our needs and adjusted accordingly. Each town unveiled their personality as we hiked in the morning exploring the first three towns, by train the next two and returned by ferry. Highly recommended to feel the appreciation of the farmers and life in Cinque Terre.
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Melissa_g
Jul 10, 2024
Fantastic guide! - Pall is an AMAZING guide! He takes you through all of the key places, but do so in a way that avoids the crowds as much as possible and points out things I never would have seen or known on my own. I would HIGHLY recomment this experience!
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T8597pfmarkl
Jul 1, 2024
You think you know about the Cinque Terre? Not until you’ve done this trek. - The Cinque Terre region is a breathtaking place to visit even if you are simply there to enjoy the spectacular views. But viewing and experiencing the region through Pall’s eyes on this hike adds another amazing dimension to this beautiful place. Pall has lived here for decades. His knowledge of the Cinque Terre’s history, culture, viticulture and horticulture is as encyclopaedic as it is entertaining. You are literally being taken through this land by a local who knows all the secret and special highways and byways and who seems to know and is known by the locals wherever he goes. Neither of us are experienced hikers, yet we never felt rushed or exhausted by the pace set by Pall. The constant flow of information, anecdotes and fascinating stories recounted to us by Pall as we hiked caused the hours spent hiking to seem so much shorter than they were. Pall tailor’s his treks to accommodate people of all levels of fitness, so people of all abilities can have the opportunity to experience so much more of this beautiful region of Italy in the company of this amazing gent. Highly recommended.
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Cathy_l
Jun 30, 2024
Highly Recommend Pall - I can’t recommend our guide Pall enough. He is a local (and US ex-Pat) yet knows the Cinque Terre area and history well. He was able to take us on paths to avoid the crowds and had great recommendations for lunch and gelato too. He had great communications prior to meeting so we knew exactly where to meet and get the tickets we needed to purchase for the train.
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Chris_s
Jun 24, 2024
Exceptional Local Guide - This was the highlight of our visit to CT. Pall is an exceptional guide, with extensive historical knowledge of CT and a talent for storytelling. My family and I learned a ton about the area, we enjoyed hiking trails away from the crowds, and we even met a few of Pall's fellow CT residents and friends!
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Helenamanda_s
Jun 7, 2024
An Amazing Day (even the picky teenagers thought so!) - What a great tour! Pall was a pro, so knowledgable... not only about Cinque Terra, but wine and herbs and history. Clearly he knows and loves the area. Every place he took us was amazing. It was a long day, but totally worth it... felt like we'd experienced the area on a really deep level. I especially loved coming back on the ferry after our long hike, seeing where we'd been with the wind in our hair... just a great end to a spectacular day.
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