CINQUE TERRE: GETTING THERE AND AROUND


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TO / FROM THE AIRPORT
The nearest airport is at Pisa which is connected by train to the Cinque Terre.

BUS
Mini buses run between the towns in the summer in the Cinque Terre. The La Spezia based Navigazione Golfo dei Poeti is the operator. Tel. 0187 967676 or 0187 732987. http://www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it
Buy a one day village hopping ticket for 10.35/6.20 for adult/child or a single/return to one village for 2.60/4.15

But other towns close to La Spezia can only be reached by ATC buses (tel. 0187 522522). Bus destinations include Porto Venere and Lerici from La Spezia.

TRAINS
A train line runs all along the coast and stops in all the towns. You can buy a one way ticket and get on and off as you please but must buy a return to come back the other way.

Reservations are advised on all long distance trips. Check the boards in the train station or go online via trenitalia (http://www.trenitalia.it) for more information. For more information tel. 166 10 50 50

CAR / MOTORCYCLE
It is possible to drive from town to town inland but parking is difficult in the small towns and you’re best to leave your car and use the local transport (train) or walk between the towns.
If you want to hire a car for getting around other places in Italy try Auto Europe.

The A12 runs from La Spezia to Genoa and Livorno. The A15 goes to Parma and connects with the main north-south route through Italy, the A1

BIKING
You can rent bikes along the coast but note that the region is very hilly. Riomaggiore has Mar Mar in Via Colombo 234, tel. 0187 920932 where you can rent bikes.

FERRIES
Ferries depart from La Spezia for Genoa and other towns in the summer and on some weekends in other seasons.

The La Spezia based Navigazione Golfo dei Poeti runs boat excursions to the Cinque Terre from Porto Venere and La Spezia. Tel. 0187 967676 or 0187 732987. http://www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it

Happy Lines, www.happylines.it runs daily ferries to Bastia in Corsica from La Spezia.
Tel. 0187 564530

Tirennia operates to Palau and Porto Vecchio (Sardinia) in summer. Tris runs to and from Golfo Aranci.

HITCH HIKING
Catch the Lerici Bus from La Spezia and get off at Via Valdilocchi in the port area to access the A12 and A15. The S1 passes through the city and connects with the S62 for Parma and the north.

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