I don’t think there is anyone who has traveled to Italy and not returned happy. It is a rich country where you can explore different corners each time and offer you something different in every corner you discover. Italy. After the guides of Rome for culture, Florence for art, Venice for romance, I will now try to give examples of travel plans on how you can plan a vacation that covers the Cinque Terre with its charming villages, deep blue beaches, the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa and more.. Thus, you will have done an Italian riviera tour and maybe eliminated a few more must see places in Italy from your list
Since the Cote d’Azur is the French riviera and encompasses Southern France HOW TO MAKE A COTE D’AZUR TRIP PLAN, which includes details such as how to go for the tour, where to go, where to stay. I shared your post before.. If your destination is France, not Italy, you can review that article.. In this article, after sharing an example of a travel guide for the complete Italian riviera, I will combine the itinerary that includes the beaches of Italy and France and give an example.. In other words, we can say that I planned to appeal to everyone whose purpose is only Italy, only France or both
As it is asked a lot, I do not organize tours.. Like all my other articles, I wrote this article just to help those who want to go.
Famous Cinque Terre sights..
Important information:
– TC to enter Italy and France citizens must have a valid Schengen visa (green passport visa free). If you do not have a visa and you are going to apply for a new visa, determine your route depending on the air ticket prices and apply to the country where you will enter first.. For example, if your outbound ticket is Nice, apply for a France visa, not an Italian visa.. It’s usually okay to have a different country for your first entry, but it can happen, there’s no need to take the risk.
– As you can see in the routes I gave for example, it is necessary to change a lot of hotels; Otherwise, you’ll lose time in the form of go and travel, then go to sleep, go back and forth again.. So go with less stuff, if possible, even with a backpack so you don’t have to worry about moving all the time.. As a traveler, you should be flexible, traveling with big suitcases is pointless especially on such routes, but you know.
– If you are close to the idea of renting a car, it would be good to pay attention to the availability of parking in the hotel you are going to hire.. For this reason, I have taken into account the criteria such as proximity to the beach and the score it received, as well as the availability of parking in the hotels I have recommended throughout the article; Except for a few, which I mentioned as ‘no parking’, others provide this facility.
How to get to Portofino: Genoa or Cinque Terre’
1. OPTION: Italian Riviera – Cinque Terre tour
Route: To see starting from Pisa and passing through Cinque Terre and Genoa Italian coast tour to the city of your choice. I gave the example of Milan here, but Florence, Bologna, Verona or Turin can also be included in the route.
Time required: Pisa – Cinque Terre – 4 days to Genova. Then at least 1 day optional for Milan or others.
Italian riviera route covering Cinque Terre..
Flight tickets: Let at least one outbound or return Pisa be. For the other, you can choose the city you want according to your route (such as Istanbul – Pisa, Milan – Istanbul). In this way, if the flight ticket is expensive, buy round-trip from Pisa, but you will have to take time to come to Pisa again.. You can see on the map how many kilometers it takes from your last point and how many hours it takes.
Recommended mode of transportation: Of course, renting a car is the most convenient, but tolls on the route I do not recommend it to those traveling with a limited budget because it is very high. 8 Euros, 11 Euros Whatever God has given, the toll is constantly cut and if you say that you should not use the highway and go on the free coastal road, the road is endless because of the speed limit.
Have your fill of pasta in Genoa, where pesto sauce was born
Since I do not recommend renting a car as the first option, I need to elaborate on the transportation So from Pisa to Cinque Terre Let’s look at transportation issues such as how to get there by bus and how to get from Genova to Portofino.
From Pisa to Portovenere: La Spezia Centrale by train (1 hour) Vezzano Ligure to Portovenere by bus to Portovenere Capolinea (1 hour).
From Portovenere to Cinque Terre: By Sarzana Capolinea bus to Via Di Monale (40min) from there by Sestri Levante train to Riomaggiore (10min). When we come to Riomaggiore, we enter the Cinque Terre.. In order to travel between villages in Cinque Terre by train, you need a Cinque Terre Card, 16 Euros per day.
From Cinque Terre directly to Portofino: For example, take the Milan Centrale train from Monterosso in 3 stops (36 minutes), transfer at Chiavari stop, take the train to Savona. After 2 stops (12min) S. Get off at Margherita Ligure and take the Portofino bus (18min).
If you want to go to Genova before Cinque Terre and go to Portofino from there, it’s 1.5 hours by direct train. .
From Genova to Portofino: By Sestri Lavante train S. Get off at Margherita Ligure stop (41min) and then take the Portofino bus (18min).
Accommodation plan (in order): One night in Pisa, one night one of the villages in the Cinque Terre by night, Genoa for two nights, Milan for one night (or the last chosen destination). The reason I recommend Genoa for two nights is because I don’t assume you’ll be going to Portofino for the day on one.
Who’s right for: Italy lovers! For those who want to explore the leaning tower of Pisa and the villages of Cinque Terre.
Get ready to give the most creative Pisa pose
The hotels I recommend: Click on the hotel names to view the Booking.com page, see hotel features and customer reviews, and make a reservation. I tried to rank the prices for each city from high to low, but prices may vary periodically.
Pisa hotels
Cuore di Pisa, Blue Palace, B&B 7 Rooms
Cinque Terre hotels
Hotel Carla (3 stars), Vis A Vis (4 stars), Locanda Valeria
Your car If not, you can choose to stay in Riomaggiore, the first village of Cinque Terre, in order not to carry your belongings with you all day (you will have the chance to leave your belongings at the first stop). For example, this hotel: Il Nettare
Genoa hotels
Room & Breakfast Old Port Genova, Ipazia House, La Piazzetta Rooms
Milan hotels
Studio Errepi Carrobbio, Castello Guest House (no parking), Atmos Luxe Navigli, Isola Libera (no parking)
Summary of the Italian Riviera excursion route covering Cinque Terre.
2. OPTION: Italian Riviera – Cinque Terre tour & French Riviera (Cote d’Azur) tour
Route: Pisa – By visiting the Italian riviera in the form of Cinque Terre – Genova and its surroundings, you see the half of the route Nice – Monaco – Cannes and its surroundings and the Cote d’Azur.
Time required: 8 nights
Flight tickets: Out to Pisa Nice return (or reverse route and vice versa, for both options You look at the air ticket prices).
Italy and France tour excursion route (Cinque Terre & Cote d’Azur)
Recommended method of transportation: Renting a car is the most comfortable option, but for the reasons I explained above for Italy, those who care more about cost when they enter France can rent. So it can be done by renting a car from Nice and then dropping off in Nice (your flight will be from there).. Those who say ‘what the hell’ should rent a car completely.
Accommodation plan (in order): One night in Pisa, one night from the villages in Cinque Terre one, two nights in Genoa, two nights in Nice, two nights in Cannes. Those who are absolutely against changing hotels can choose Genoa and Nice as their center and stay in Genoa when in Italy and in Nice when in France; but as we said at the beginning, it will waste some time as the commute events will increase.
I have suggested Italy hotels above, Cote d’Azur Travel Plan to see my suggestions for France hotels and make a choice. click on the text.
Who is suitable for: For those who want to finish the Italian and French riviera (coast route) completely in one vacation.
Tour program summary for those who want to visit the Italian and French beaches in one go.
As you examine the maps and have some idea about the locations of the points I mentioned, let’s gather Cinque Terre and where it is, and give information about the region of Italy we are talking about.
Cote d’Azur was the Mediterranean coast of France, the Italian coast does not have such a popular and interesting name, we can say the Italian Riviera. The Italian Riviera is located in the region of Liguria in Northern Italy and neighbors the famous Tuscany region (Italy is divided into 20 regions). The largest city in the Liguria region is Genoa and the second largest is La Spezia. The city of La Spezia, on the other hand, is the neighboring city of our cute villages called Cinque Terre.
As we did for Marseille in France (Marseille was not quite the Cote d’Azur but we included it in the itinerary. ), for Italy, the city of Pisa is actually outside the Italian Riviera, as it is in Tuscany; but we thought of it as part of our trip to the Italian Riviera due to its location.. Why not see the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa when you are so close, right?
Narrow cute streets will accompany you throughout your trip to Italy and France.
Finally, for those wondering what Cinque Terre means, we can translate ‘Five lands’. The names of these five villages, which are similar in general appearance, are Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monteresso from Italy to France, respectively.
Let’s get it together:
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– Even though I put the title of the article as ‘How to make a Cinque Terre itinerary?‘, Cinque Terre is one of the Italian riviera’s ( The name given to the five villages of the Mediterranean coast. In the article, we talked about a larger area covering Pisa, Genoa and its environs, and we even combined it with the Cote d’Azur holiday route by moving to France without slowing down.
– Italy coast tour If you start from Pisa, you will always go in one direction and it would be the most logical to waste time.. Otherwise, alternatives such as Genoa, Milan, Bologna can be considered (depending on the cities you want to see, flight ticket prices and how much time you have).. You can even start from Nice and go directly to Italy if the price difference is worth it.
– If you haven’t been to Florence before, you can include it in the plan from somewhere.. The distance between Cinque Terre and Florence is around 160 km.. I have my guides for Florence ready, for example FREE PLACES TO SEE IN FLORENCE
– Main points Cinque Terre, Genoa and Pisa if you have it in your plan. Other places can be adjusted according to taste and time.. If you don’t have time, you can’t visit all five of the Cinque Terre villages; I think the most beautiful Cinque Terre villages are Riomaggiore (because there is the Path of Love) and Vernazza.
Italian beaches..
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