Genoa and the Italian Riviera: UNESCO World Heritage Sites, History, Art, Glamour and Vineyards
An exciting tour of the places that inspired artists and poets: between history and good food, unique natural scenery and crystal-clear waters, Mediterranean scents and colors that captivate the heart.
8 days
Best season : From March to October
Included / Not Included
Assistance upon arrival at the Genoa airport/station
Car rental with insurance
7 nights in 3 start minimum hotel/B&B with double room accommodation
Guided tour of the Cinque Terre Vineyards, Gulf of Poets and Strade Nuove and Rolli
Visit to the Strade Nuove Museums in Genoa
Visit to the Genoa Aquarium
Directions and suggestions for best beaches
Travel accessories and telephone with Italian SIM
Directions and suggestions for best bars and restaurants
Telephone assistance in Italian, English, Spanish and French
Flights to/from your home city
Meals where not mentioned
Travel Insurance (strongly recommended)
Itinerary
Day 1
Upon your arrival at the Genoa airport or station, you will find an Italy-Trails representative who will welcome you and give you the travel material. You will continue to the hotel where you will be staying and, depending on your arrival time, you can organize your luggage and enjoy a first exploratory tour through the streets of the largest historic center in Europe. You will find the ancient shops where you can taste the typical Genoese focaccia or buy wonderful local crafted souvenirs. Do not forget to look upwards and admire the numerous votive shrines: real works of art set like precious stones on the corners of the ancient buildings of the historic center. For dinner, a typical Ligurian restaurant awaits you where you will taste traditional dishes accompanied by excellent regional wines.
Night in the hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast and check-out, you will go to the station to get on the direct train that will take you to La Spezia in an hour and a half. After check-in at the hotel and lunch, you will meet your guide who will help you discover the secret of the heroic vineyards: rows of vines grown on unthinkable terraces supported by dry stone walls. With the guide, you will go to the railway station to transfer to a very characteristic old town with colorful houses that overlook the main street. After walking among the vineyards that surround the village, you will complete the visit at the wine shop where you can taste the fragrant wines of Cinque Terre, paired with local snacks. Afterwards, you will take the train back to Riomaggiore, where you can enjoy a typical Ligurian dinner in a restaurant on the marina. Return by train to La Spezia and night in the hotel.
Day 3
After breakfast, you will leave to complete the Cinque Terre tour which you will visit by train (or on request by boat or private boat), giving you irresistible panoramic views throughout the day including dream bays where you can linger in the warmth of the sun, regenerating gourmet stops and Mediterranean scents that you will hardly forget. You will visit an enchanting ancient village in the center of a small natural gulf with sandy beaches followed by another small jewel of the Ligurian coast, a village founded around the year one thousand that will steal most of your camera opportunities, capturing the small bay where the colorful houses lie and where fishermen come down to the sea, characterized by dry stone walls that delimit the terraced fields on the sea. If you want, you can stop to enjoy the land in the hills, far away from the clamor of the other places and therefore even more sincere and authentic. At the end of this experience, you will return to La Spezia where you will dine in a restaurant by the sea or in the center. For those who have chosen the train option, it will be possible instead (and strongly recommended) to dine in a little place hidden in the alleys of these magnificent lands, which you will have noticed during the tour. Do not forget to bring the train schedule that runs along this strip of the Riviera until evening. Night in the hotel.
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