The Cinque Terre, five small hamlets clung onto the rocks, five incomparable villages where the indomitable inhabitants could overpower the arid soil, changing sheer cliffs in fertile fields for olive trees and grapevines.

Bays, small beaches, caves, precipitous sea-cliffs, terraced ridges, corals, anchovies and even the whales in the Whale’s Sanctuary: these are some of the many reasons that make the Cinque Terre a territory to preserve.

This unique environment, made of coasts overlooking the sea with bays and small beaches, thousands of Kilometres of dry walls built to create terraces for the cultivation of grapevines, typical buildings, medieval villages, sanctuaries, panoramic footpaths uphill, the Cinque Terre have been designated as “UNESCO World Heritage” since 1997, and now they are National Park and Protected Marine Area

The territory of Cinque Terre includes the coastal area that stretches from Punta Mesco, nearby Levanto, until Punta Montenero, nearby Portovenere, about ten kilometres east from La Spezia. A band of earth and stones 15 Kilometres long and 3 Kilometres wide getting through sea and hills