After visiting 21 cities and villages in Italy, there are a few places I wouldn't go back to. However, I'd gladly return to ...

Last June, we spent almost a week in Vernazza, Italy, and had the chance to explore the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre area. These five coastal communities each have unique personalities.

Italy’s Cinque Terre is famous for its sunny-coloured, cliff-clinging villages linked by vertiginous walking paths. The hiking routes draw thousands of visitors in spring and summer, to the ...

On Country Walkers’ private seven-day Cinque Terre circuit, families follow the Italian Riviera, hiking between hillside fishing villages and paddling beneath the cliffs that line the Ligurian Sea.

Cinque Terre is a group of cinque (five) villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore and Corniglia — strung along cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Since it became both a ...

Cinque Terre is known for its colourful cliffhanging villages and stunning coastline and a popular way to explore the region is to walk between the villages on hiking trails. But tourists will ...

You can also veer off the trail halfway between the Cinque Terre villages for a visit to the clothing-optional beach, Guvano. Recent visitors called Sentiero Vernazza a Corniglia a semi-strenuous ...

Calabria, in the toe of Italy's boot, has yet to draw tourist crowds – but it has as much charm as the country's coastal hotspots ...