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Genoa and the Cinque Terre in four days

Book the train to your actual coastal village or nearby station. Choose cards around the walks and rides you will use. Portovenere has no railway station; adding it on departure day needs a return to a rail connection and a generous margin.

Italy · Published planning example

Genoa's buildings along the coast below wooded hills
Genoa, Italy
Duration
4 days
Travel style
Mid Range

Day-by-day itinerary

Open a day to read the plan and its spending notes.

  1. Day 1Genoa Historic Caruggi and Rolli Palaces
    Genoa

    Walk through Genoa towards Via Garibaldi and the old streets. Castelletto’s viewpoint is free, but the public lift has a separate AMT fare. Choose a meal by the current menu and allow for hills on the return.

    €100.00 for one whole private room, €40.00 for meals, €7.00 for local travel and €10.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.

    Estimated day spending: €157.00

  2. Day 2Train to Ligurian Coast and Monterosso
    Cinque Terre

    Take the train from Genoa to your booked village or nearby base. Choose a short walk after settling in. Save the Monterosso–Vernazza hike for a full day with suitable weather, shoes and an open trail.

    €150.00 for one whole private room, €48.00 for meals, €12.00 for local travel and €10.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.

    Estimated day spending: €220.00

  3. Day 3Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore
    Cinque Terre

    Choose a walking day or a few villages by train. The Trekking Card and Train Card cover different travel and end at midnight. Via dell’Amore needs a reserved slot. Corniglia adds a climb or bus from its station.

    €150.00 for one whole private room, €48.00 for meals, €12.00 for local travel and €10.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.

    Estimated day spending: €220.00

  4. Day 4Portovenere Ferry or Coastal Walk
    Cinque Terre

    Keep departure day close to the railway. Portovenere has no railway station, so an outing there needs a ferry or bus and time to return to a rail connection. Save it for an extra day if your onward train is fixed.

    No overnight stay; €48.00 for meals, €12.00 for local travel and €10.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.

    Estimated day spending: €70.00

Put the nights in the right places

Book the train to your actual coastal village or nearby station. Choose cards around the walks and rides you will use. Portovenere has no railway station; adding it on departure day needs a return to a rail connection and a generous margin.

Plan the visits

Genoa · Cinque Terre. These guides explain the current ticket choices, arrival points and useful areas for a room. Reserve the visits that matter after checking travel days, with arrival afternoons left flexible.

Shorten the trip

Reduce village stops instead of adding another room change.

Build the budget from nights and days

The day figures add up to €667.00 for one traveller before the extra costs below. Day notes show accommodation, meals, local travel and small extras. The private-room line buys the whole room; divide only that part when sharing. These are chosen allowances, not measured averages or available room offers. The final day has no extra overnight allowance in the Italian section.

Add paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport travel. Replace the stay amount with the full booking cost, including taxes and cleaning. The city budget cards are an alternative way to plan the same days, so do not add them on top of this subtotal.

Itinerary route
  1. 1
    Genoa Day 1
  2. 2
    Cinque Terre Day 2 to 4

Journeys between stops

How to get from one stop to the next. Journey times are approximate; use the ticket and timetable links to choose a departure for your travel date.

Day 2: Genoa to Cinque Terre

Train · About 1h 35m

Check whether the chosen service is direct and which Genoa station it uses. The other villages may require a local train. A Cinque Terre card does not cover the full journey from Genoa; choose its start date only for the local travel and paths you will use.

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If you have fewer days

Reduce village stops instead of adding another room change.

Make this trip cheaper

Compare your room and daily spending choices in the cost calculator. Check each journey fare, including local transfers, and count tickets covered by a pass only once.

Make the itinerary fit your trip

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