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Cinque Terre Day Trip from Florence: Explore the Italian Riviera and Seaside Villages
4.6
208 Ratings
Firenze
Embark on a captivating day trip from Florence to Cinque Terre, where you can explore the stunning seaside villages of the Italian Riviera. Discover the beauty of Liguria, with its colorful homes, vineyards, and delicious pesto. Don't miss out on this unforgettable adventure!
Duration:
12 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Obelisco della Piazza dell’Unita italiana - Sit back and relax as we take a 2.25 hour ride via comfortable, air-conditioned coach. Your guide will entertain you with tales of the area as you cross two regions: Tuscany and Liguria. Both are rich with history, cultures and traditions that deserve to be told. Upon arrival, you’ll be escorted to a quaint and comfortable local train. Enjoy the journey along the coast line, breathing in the fresh sea air and admiring a view like no other.
What's Included
- Round-trip transportation from Florence in a comfy, air-conditioned coach
- Free time to explore and unwind at Fegina Beach
- Leisure time in the picturesque towns of Vernazza, Monterosso, and Manarola
- Optional 45-minute scenic hike with our tour leader (available with Fully guided tour)
- Entrance to the beautiful Cinque Terre National Park (included in Fully guided tour)
- Cinque Terre Card for convenient train travel between towns (included in Fully guided tour)
- Insights from an expert, English-speaking local guide (provided with Fully guided tour)
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pick-up/drop-off
- Food/beverage
Additional Information
Begin your day ahead of time venturing out of the artistic city of Florence as you set off for the breathtaking seaside of Italy. Be awe-inspired by the natural beauty of Liguria, an exquisite region that houses Cinque Terre – the greatly praised chain of seaside villages situated along the Italian Riviera. Stepping foot on the steep terraces decorated with vibrant houses and vineyards, observing rugged fishermen hauling in their day’s catch, and tasting the region’s most renowned flavor – pesto. All these are experiences you will savor in this tour.
- Comfortable shoes are recommended.
- Please note that we may adjust the itinerary of the tour to ensure we offer the best possible experience for all participants. Our goal is to provide a memorable and enjoyable journey, and we appreciate your understanding and flexibility.
- Important information required from all passengers: You MUST provide all passenger names at the time of booking in order to successfully purchase the train tickets
Location
Piazzale Montelungo
The meeting point is at Piazzale Montelungo, Firenze FI, Italy. Your guide will be waiting at the corner between Piazzale Montelungo and V.le Filippo Strozzi.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(208 Ratings)
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Karissima_r
Apr 8, 2024
Cinque Terre+Pisa+YoungFamilyof4=Fun - We had an amazing experience visiting Cinque Terre and Pisa with our fantastic tour guide Jessica! 💖 She was the most sweetest, kindest, and genuine person ever. Very knowledgeable, as all tour guides should be and personable during our tour. She also gave recommendations as to where and what to eat. We took this tour with a family of 4, husband and I and our 2 kids, age 12y and 8y. My kids did awesome with all the walking we did. It was definitely an amazing tour and highly highly recommend this tour and if possible get Jessica as your tour guide. 💖 Grazie mille Jessica!
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Dad62018
Mar 14, 2024
This was an amazing day trip! - This was a looong day but such a nice change from our usual days of walking around Florence. We enjoyed all the experiences of the whole day (bus, train, scenery, history, view, etc.). Renata was a great guide and pointed out many unexpected surprises (marble on the mountains) and gave great suggestions for where to eat. Great value—-would definitely recommend.
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Fred_s
Mar 6, 2024
Fantastic - Antonio was amazing. His knowledge of the area and the history made the date so much better. He was very attentive to everyone’s needs and was always willing to answer questions.
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Dawn_s
Feb 28, 2024
Relaxed pace. Beautiful scenery. - Beautiful sights! Antonio was a great guide, it was nice to let him navigate from one beautiful village to the next while making recommendations and giving us historical highlights. Highly recommend.
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Isa_s
Jan 2, 2024
Fantastic Experience! - This was such a good way to get an overview of Cinque Terre
For the planner-type people who like to know everything:
- We stopped by a gas station before the train station to use the bathroom/grab breakfast (in case you didn't get breakfast ahead of time)
- We went in November, so most of the food places/gelaterias were closed. Make sure you look up your favorite restaurants ahead of time if you go during the off-season!
- During the off-season the trains leave every hour, so instead of the hour-and-a-half in each place, we had one hour. The positive to that is that no one was there! So we had a lot of time to explore without any crowds or people wandering into our pictures
- We opted out of the hike and were glad to do so (we're wandering-types), we did the Vernazza hike and regretted it--it was a million stairs for an okay view
- You might end up going to the towns in a different order than written!
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Nick_k
Feb 24, 2024
Great little day trip! - Nathan was a great host. He’s not a tour guide. Basically he takes you on the bus then train and leaves you be in each of the towns to do as you please. Learnt nothing of the history or any information.
We did see all 5 towns though and a special suprise at the end!
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Amelia_v
Apr 13, 2024
Glad we at least got the pictures. - Our guide was very kind and despite we had to take trains in between, Dani was always sure nobody missed the train. She and her colleague were very attentive. On the downside, the tour is very tiresome, I would have loved to have more time on the first town than the 2nd. The food suggested by the guide was not very good, as well as disorganized, poor treatment, and the guide basically scare you into buying that touristic menú, when it good have been better to go and explore and find food on your own. The information provided on the places visited was very spars and what we did learnt was quite shallow. You a have very limited time at each of the stops. And even less time if you have the tourists menú.
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Kristen_d
Apr 9, 2024
Amazing places, but tour guide could be better - Going to the islands and Pisa was amazing. The bummer was that there was so much walking from the bus to each destination that we weren’t expecting. It took a long time to get to the actual destinations once parked. The 4 of us in our group thought Jessica, our tour guide was nice, but she didn’t really give us a lot of history or information about the places we were at. She was also a little difficult to understand at times saying the wrong words in English. Overall though, we are happy we went.
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Kathryn_p
Apr 4, 2024
Great tour guide - Dani was a great tour guide, very personable and easy to understand. Meeting spot was easy to find. The bus was comfortable. Unfortunately, the tour description is not accurate. We only saw 2 of the 5 Cinque Terre villages, not 3, and there was no optional hike.
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Jill_d
Mar 26, 2024
Not for the elderly - Seeing the sights in cinque Terre! And the Pisa tower was great.
The van ride was nice and comfortable. Train was good
Walking was too much and too fast for us.
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