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Cinque Terre by Train with Portovenere by Boat from Florence

Name: Cinque Terre by Train with Portovenere by Boat from Florence
Brand: myTour in Italy
SKU: 5919P39
Price: 135.75 USD
Rating: 4.0 (315 reviews)

Florence, Italy

From $135.75

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

13 to 14 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Discover the charming seaside villages of the Ligurian coast on this full-day tour to Cinque Terre from Florence. Enjoy a scenic ferry ride to Portovenere and then immerse yourself in the beauty of Manarola, Vernazza, and Monterosso. Enjoy free time to stroll through the winding streets, swim at picturesque beaches, and upgrade to include lunch.

Travel through the rolling Tuscan hills to the dramatic Ligurian coastline
Discover why Cinque Terre was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Journey along the coast by train to visit Cinque Terre's distinctive villages
Upgrade to include a delicious Italian lunch

What's Included

Travel by train
Expert multilingual escorts
Ferry boat ride with unique views
Typical ligurian lunch with trofie al pesto (only if option selected)

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and dropoff

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Alamanni - Stazione Santa Maria Novella
50123 Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy
Meet myTour staff, who will be either wearing green shirts or holding myTour panel, at Alamanni Station, Santa Maria Novella, in front of Hotel Ambasciatori.

Start time

06:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Borgo Storico di Manarola

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Via dell'Amore (Pass By)

Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Pass By)

Santa Margherita di Antiochia Church

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Castello Doria

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Vernazza

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Church of San Francesco - Capuchin Friars Monastery (Pass By)

Borgo Antico

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Spiaggia di Fegina

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Il Gigante

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Monumento a San Francesco d'Assisi

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Oratorio della Confraternita dei Neri Mortis et Orationis (Pass By)

Portovenere

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Le Scalinate - La Spezia (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Customers must be able to climb and descend stairs. A moderate amount of walking to visit Cinque Terre is involved.
Regular lunch menù if option selected: Trofie with pesto sauce, baked fish and potatoes, tiramisù, white wine and water.

Please note that this tour operates in all weather conditions
A vegetarian menu is available upon request for the optional lunch, please specify any allergies or intolerance at the time of booking.
Not wheelchair accessible: Due to uneven surfaces at the sites visited may be difficult for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
If you wish to swim we suggest you to bring sunscreen, swimwear and towel.
If you select the transport only option, please note that you need to be at the Eni Station in Viale Giovanni Amendola at 5:15 pm, where the bus returning to Florence will be waiting for you. Please be punctual, otherwise, you will miss the return trip.
For the Chinese and Portuguese language, if we do not reach 4 pax minimum, the tour will be guaranteed in English instead.
Please note that in case of weather warning (for example rainfall), the stop in Portovenere by boat will be substituted by a stop in Riomaggiore by train.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.0

315 reviews

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Bucket list tour of Cinque Terre ❤️

Annette_L, Apr 2024

Lucca was a fantastic guide for the day. He was very informative, friendly and kept our tour moving along in order to see everything. A fabulous day with beautiful villages to visit. We enjoyed the boat trips also. Would absolutely recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing your feedback with us. Happy to know that you had an great experience and that you've liked our staff. Thanks for recommending the tour to other customers too, we really apprecite it. Hope to have you again in our tours in the future in order to give you another experience like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Long day- enjoyment contingent on conscientiousness of guide

Deirdre_T, Apr 2024

The tour guide was very conscientious in making sure we got the most out of the trip since there were delays caused by work on the train lines. He tried to make sure that everyone was comfortable and enjoying the experience. We only got to visit two of the five towns but that meant we had more time in each town so could relax and see a little more of each. It is a long day with an amount of walking. I decided to make it somewhat easier on myself (I was near the end of my vacation and growing tired) and take a cab from the last ferry to the train and the guide was very accommodating in making that happen.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Very glad that you enjoyed everything on this tour. Thank you for choosing us to travel through Italy. Our customer's joy is our priority, and we are happy that we achieved that with you. Hope to have you again on our upcoming tours in the near future, in order to provide you more enjoyable experiences like this one. Best regards, My tour in Italy team.

Wonderful Cinque Terre

Pamela_P, Apr 2024

Luca was very knowledgeable and took great care to share that knowledge with us. Seeing the Carrara marble mountains and visiting some of the towns in Cinque Terre was amazing..

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing the feeedback of your experience with us. We are glad to know that the tour was amazing. Thank you for appreciating our guides work, we will pass the feedback to Luca. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Overall, I am glad we...

Alicia_T, Nov 2023

Overall, I am glad we visited. If we had more time to spend in each of the villages, we may have enjoyed it more. It was a fast paced-stop-and-visit, so while beautiful sceneries, it was a bit exhausting. Each of the Villages had a unique but similar feeling and the residents were most welcoming. I felt we saw some of the real Italians during this visit!

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing the feedback of your experience with us. We are glad to know that you had a good time overall and enjoyed the tour. Thank you for your recommendation regarding the timing at each stop, we will take note of that in order to improve our service and give you a better experience next time. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future and provide you more enjoyable experiences, hoping we will get a full star rate next time. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Excellent tour guy Luca

Boston, Sep 2023

Lunch in Monterrosa , fresh catch of the day, plenty time to explore around each town . Nice scenery, well coordinated

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Glad to know thta you enjoyed the tour and liked our tour gide, Luca. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future, in order to give you another experience like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Beautiful area but spoiled by overtourism

Natasha_S, Aug 2023

Cinque Terre is absolutely stunning. The perfect little idyllic getaway. Unfortunately it is a victim of way too much tourism. There was no way to enjoy the locale. People packed like sardines everywhere. Trains were overcrowded. Travelers yelling at each other. Poor restaurant service. The locals are doing the best they can but the charm of this place has been worn away. Luca, our guide, was great and worked very hard to navigate is through it all. In the end though, we were ready to go home hours before the bus actually came to take us back.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing the feedback with us. We are sorry to hear that you haven't enjoyed the tour as much as you expected. The huge amount of tourists is a case that we cannot do anything for it. Cinque Terre is a stunning place as you have mentioned to and that is why it has so many tourists attracted. Happy to hear that you have liked our guide's job. Hope to have you again in our other tours in the future, in order to discover other attractions of Italy. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Beautiful towns, well worth a trip

Amelia_M, Jul 2023

We had a fantastic day trip in beautiful Cinque Terre. For me, there was plenty of time to enjoy each village that we saw, and climb up the trails for the best views. Free water is available in all of the towns as well if you look carefully. The food in the old part of Monterosso was particularly delicious. Be aware that it is easy to get separated from the group in the summer crowds, especially at La Spezia station. A minor thing that could help improve this tour would be some more direct instructions to help orient participants, such as exactly where to meet at the bus station, and the platform numbers and stop names if taking the train when the sea is too rough for the ferry.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback and letting us know about your fantastic experience. Happy to know that you've enjoyed every part of the tour. Thank you for your recommendation, about improving our services, we will take that in considerate. Hope to have you again on our tours in the future, so we can give you another great experience by showing you our improvment services, hoping to get a full star rate next time. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Cinque Terre trip

Scott_R, Jul 2023

Our Tour Guide Lucca was Fantastic. He waited on our van that was Running late. The Tour itself was great. Grazie.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for the positive feedback for this tour. Happy to hear that you enjoyed everything during the time in our trip. Thank you for appreciating our guide's hardwork. Hope to have you again in our other tours in the future, in order to give you more enjoyable experiences like this one. Thank you for choosing us to experience the Italy's destinations. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

pleasant trip

Bumsoo_H, Jul 2023

Although it was hot, it was a pleasant trip. Especially the guide Luca was really great. There was a participant who missed the train on the way, but he managed to find it and join it.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing the feedback with us. Happy to hear that the trip was pleasant. We are very glad about your good opinion for our guide, Luca. We always try our best to help our customers and make sure they attend the trip. Looking forward to have you again in our tours in the future. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Perfect Day!!

Julie_D, May 2023

We had a wonderful time and Luca did an excellent job! The transportation provided was so comfortable. Such a wonderful day!

A tour to remember

jorge_s, May 2023

Lucas, our guide. Lucas was awesome, a great asset for this company. He was able to provide the information in Italian, English, and Spanish. Nice personality and great values. He was reluctant to even receive tips from the participants in the tour who acknowledge his expertise, knowledge, and dedication. He said he love that he does and thinks he shouldn't be rewarded for that. First time that happens to me. We had a great day, visited beautiful places, the only bad thing was that because of rough seas we were not able to do the boat part.

Good Experience. Great Views.

crlykm, Apr 2023

Tour was good. Boats not running so all things had to be done by train. A not disappointed and tons of stairs not anticipated. Not much time in any of the destinations but all in all a good day!

Response from Host, May 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your kind feedback with us! We're sorry to hear that the day of the tour boats were not available, but we still wish you could enjoy the travel by train. As a moderate amount of walking to visit Cinque Terre is involved, we wrote a note in the additional info section to inform travellers. We always try to be as much clear as possible so that you know what the experience is about. Concerning the short time in each stop, unfortunately, due to the great number of visitors and the itinerary which includes different villages of Cinque Terre, longer time could not be guaranteed. We work hard to offer the best of our tour within the time we have and the itinerary we had built, but we also do care about the general length of the experience and the need to rest after such a tour. Thank you for taking the time to leave us your sincere opinion and for choosing us to visit the beautiful villages of Cinque Terre! We would be really pleased to have you back and provide you with other enjoyable activities in the future. Best regards, myTour in Italy

Great tour. Great value....

Wanda_M, Apr 2023

Great tour. Great value. Beautiful countryside and plenty of time to shop and explore. Bathroom situation a little rough

An enjoyable trip

ChongHau_L, Oct 2022

It was an enjoyable trip. We went to 4 villages, and they are all stunning. We ended with a boat trip back to the original starting point. Luca was very helpful along the trip.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Dear Chong, Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction and it sounds like we achieved that goal with you. Looking forward to have you back again in the future. Best Regards my Tour in Italy

Great tour. Highly recommend.

Edwin_M, Oct 2022

Great tour. Guide walked a bit fast for some though and water for the 2+ hour ride would have been appreciated. Recommend getting the lunch included. Very good value for the money. Highly recommend.

I wish I could give a better rating

Natalia_B, Oct 2022

Pros: Lovely guide, nice bus driver small group. The pick up location for this tour is outside center of the city. You will need to catch a tram and ride 20min to Villa Constanza Bus station. As it was a 7am departure, some chose to get a taxi from centre which was about 25 Euros. Bus ride is about an hour to La Spezia train station. Guide provided some interesting facts about areas we were driving past (mostly while driving on freeway). We then boarded a train and visited each village ( skipping one as the village was too far to get on foot to). Guide would leave us for about an hour to explore villages, no historical details were provided about the areas we visited. The longest stay of 3 hours was at Monterosso village (last one). Those that had prebooked lunch were escorted to the restaurant. The rest were asked to find their own lunch. No option was given to join the group and pay for lunch on the spot. Some of us in the group (depending on which platform the tour was booked on) didnt even realize lunch was optional and not included in ticket price. The boat ride from last village back to La Spezia was cancelled. No alternative or a refund was offered. We had to catch a train back. This was meant to be a highlight of the trip and reason why I paid this money for the tour. It was very disappointing. Overall, I didnt feel that the tour was worth it. The cost of the tour will essentially just pay for your bus ride from bus stop to train station and back. Unless you are very bad at directions, you can catch a train to Cinque Terre yourself and get the same experience for must smaller price.

Magical

SherryTedesco, Sep 2022

We loved the historic, colorful, villages of Cinque Terra. While it was crowded it’s understandable-everyone wants to experience this beautiful place. Our weather was fantastic, sunny but not hot. We went the third week of September. The views were magnificent. Our guide gave us ample time at each village but we did not visit the third village in the group because it was so far from the train station (about 3 km). Our guide Luca D’onofrio was informative, patient and interesting to talk to - he does have long legs though so we had to “hoof it” to keep up. Our trip information said it was a ferry tour and did not include going to the villages and we would depart for the trip at 7 am and return at 1 pm. The way it turned out, we ended up on a tour for 13 hours which included taking the trains to the villages and ended up with a return trip via the ferry. We asked our tour guide what happened and he did not give us an answer. We had others who thought they were on a different tour than expected as well. The general consensus was that the company combined tours because they didn’t have enough people for the specific ones we selected. No one was upset about it, although it could have been a problem if we “needed” to be back by 1:00 vs the 8:30 pm we got back. Would we recommend this tour - absolutely, but understand it’s a very long day with a lot of climbing stairs in villages and the train stations. The train stations are a madhouse with crowds and crowds of people. Some of the trains are standing room only but happily, none of the train stops take very long.

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Nina_J, Sep 2022

Highly recommend this tour. It’s a long day but very efficient and worth it. The guide was really kind and afterwards helped us find a taxi home. Nothing but great things to say!

Response from Host, Sep 2022

Dear Customer, thank you for dedicating your time to leave us this wonderful review. I will voice this feedback to our team ! Hope to have you back again in the future. Best Regards my tour in Italy team

The region is stoning!

Maritza_Q, Sep 2022

Amazing towns/views/food. Luka the guide walking too fast, no waiting for people wasn’t good. Also horrible crowded trains (you go buy bus, train and a lot of walking). Bus was smelling pee and filthy. But the region is gorgeous.

Cinque Terre

Peggy_B, Sep 2022

Lucca was a good guide. It was a difficult day because of an intervening railway strike and we had a loud and verbally abusive tour member, but he managed to take it all in stride with calmness and consideration. It was a terrific day and Cinque Terre was beautiful.

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