Corniglia

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Corniglia and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• The Manarola sunset view25 min walk2.1 km
• Vernazza8 min taxi2.6 km
• The Via dell'Amore8 min taxi2.6 km
• The Cinque Terre Express9 min taxi3.1 km
• Riomaggiore10 min taxi3.2 km
• The Sentiero Azzurro coastal trail12 min taxi3.9 km
• A boat along the villages16 min taxi5.2 km
• Monterosso al Mare (beach)16 min taxi5.3 km
• Monterosso beach16 min taxi5.3 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 6.Corniglia & the Lardarina steps — The quiet, clifftop village with no harbour — reached up the 380-step 'Lardarina' staircase (or a shuttle) from its station, and rewarded with a sleepy old centre, a panoramic terrace and vineyards all around. The least touristy of the five and the one that still feels lived-in; come for the calm, the wine and the views.
• 12.The terraced vineyards & sciacchetrà — The whole coast is stitched with dry-stone vineyard terraces held up by hundreds of kilometres of hand-built walls, producing crisp white wine and the rare, sweet 'sciacchetrà'. Walk the vineyard paths above Corniglia and Manarola, or taste at a village enoteca; the wine, and the astonishing human effort behind it, are part of the landscape's soul.
• 15.The hilltop sanctuaries — High above each village sits its old pilgrimage sanctuary, reached by a steep path or a shuttle — quiet chapels with vast views back down over the coast and the vineyards, far from the harbour crowds. The one above Corniglia (San Bernardino) and Volastra above Manarola are the pick; a rewarding climb and a peaceful, panoramic pause.