Visiting my daughter in Florence next week and decided to do a 2-night side trip to Cinque Terre (a bucket list item). Still getting the hang of solo travel after losing my husband a year+ ago. I’ll head up on a Tuesday and return on Thursday (timed to avoid cruise ship visitors). In which to...
Cinque Terre solo - where to base? - Rick Steves Travel Forum
We would be coming back from Rome towards Milan heading into the last week of a three week vacation that starts in Milan (March 1). Yes there is some flexibility in our plan at this point although it's getting tighter for booking I suspect. It seems no matter how you line it up, Cinque Terre from: Rome, Siena, Florence or Venice it's a fairly long train ride and so a bit out of the way, but ...
My trips to the Cinque Terre were too long ago to provide useful information, even about weather. But the website timeanddate.com has actual, historical, day-by-day weather statistics going back about ten years. Monterosso al Mare weather -- April 2025 You can explore any months you're interested in, using the pull-down box at the right, just above the graph. Check multiple years, because ...
If going to Milan, Lake Como, & the Cinque Terre means just checking off places to visit on some bucket list, 4.5 days could do it. Otherwise, I would never, ever do this.
Milan, Como and Cinque Terre in 4.5 days? - Rick Steves Travel Forum