Local Transport
How to get to places
Cinque Terre Treno MS Card
The Cinque Terre Treno MS Card gives you access to the two chargeable hiking trails together with unlimited train travel on the Cinque Terre Express trains on the Levanto - Cinque Terre - La Spezia line. The card costs from 19.50 euros to 32.50 euro for adults for a one-day card depending on the visit period. A two-day card costs from 34 euros to 59 euros (consecutive days). A three-day card costs from 46.50 euros to 78.50 euros. In addition discounts for children, seniors and families are available.All types of Cinque Terre Cards are valid until midnight on the day of validity. The Cinque Terre Cards can be purchased at every train station, at the Tourist Information Points in Cinque Terre, Levanto and La Spezia or online
Fees valid from March 2025 to November 2025
SKIP THE LINE, BUY CINQUE TERRE CARD ONLINE AT THIS LINK Cinque Terre National Park (parconazionale5terre.en)
DOWNLOAD THE MyPass APP and buy the CINQUE TERRE CARD from your smartphone at the link: www.mypass.cc/en/cinque-terre-national-park-tickets
FERRIES ( www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it/ )
to Portovenere and Cinque Terre
You can embark in the port of La Spezia or Portovenere and in each of the Cinque Terre with the exception of Corniglia.
To Palmaria Island Pozzale San Terenzo Tellaro
LERICI - LA SPEZIA - PORTOVENERE
PALMARIA "TERRIZZO" FROM JUNE 1ST
PALMARIA "POZZALE"
PRICING
Regulation
BUSES FROM MANAROLA TO VOLASTRA
To avoid the steep climb ( path n. 506 ) in the trail between Manarola and Corniglia ( paths n. 506-586-587)
BY CAR
to Cinque Terre
The car access to the 5 Lands is higly discouraged in the period May - October and during holidays. The access roads to the villages are narrow and very winding and the parking lots are very limited. From La Spezia you can reach all Cinque Terre with the provincial road 370 Litoranea delle Cinque Terre (SP 370) to Manarola and the provincial road 51 "dei Santuari" for the other villages. After the first tunnel, the road offers enchanting views of the Cinque Terre Park coastline
to Portovenere
Portovenere is about 12 km from La Spezia. It can be reached along the provincial road 530 of Portovenere (SP 530) called Napoleonica because it was built by Napoleone Bonaparte in 1812. In periods of high tourist influx it is very difficult to find parking in the village. At the beginning of the descent that leads to Portovenere, where the road becomes one-way, there is a large parking lot (for a fee) connected by shuttle bus. The name of the parking is IL CAVO (GPS 44.060814, 9.844211).
to Lerici e Tellaro
Lerici is about 12 km from La Spezia. It can be reached by taking the provincial road 331 of Lerici (SP 331). For some years it has been possible to use the highway, a variant of the old provincial road, which connects the capital to Lerici, through two long tunnels connected to the La Spezia - Porto Est motorway junction. In the summer period Lerici is not accessible by car (ZTL). The usable parking is LA VALLATA (GPS 44.082526, 9.910672).
Tellaro can be reached by car from Lerici with the provincial road 26. After about 4 km, after Fiascherino you will reach the roundabout of Tellaro, where on the right you enter the Z.T.L. , while to the left, slightly uphill are the paid parking lots for non-residents, both on the right side and at the end of the road in the parking lot in front of the cemetery.
to Lucca/Firenze
Lucca is about 80 km from La Spezia is reached by the A12 motorway towards Pisa and from Viareggio the A11 towards Florence (about 55 ').
Florence is about 150 km from La Spezia is reached by the A12 motorway towards Pisa and from Viareggio the A11 towards Florence (about 1h50 ')
per Pisa
Pisa is about 80 km from La Spezia can be reached by the motorway A12 (about 50 ').
per Genova
Genoa is about 100 km from La Spezia is reached by the motorway A15 (about 1h20 ').