Qué hay en Cinque Terre (Monterosso), Italia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Via dell'Amore by booking

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  The cliff path between Riomaggiore and Manarola reopened after twelve years shut and now runs on timed, capped slots booked ahead. Walking up and paying at the gate is not usually an option. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villages shut for winter (5 Nov – 10 Mar), Manarola hillside nativity (8 Dic – 31 Ene)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Villages shut for winter (5 Nov – 10 Mar)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Norma

  Cinque Terre Card season

  14 Mar – 2 Nov

  A park card is required on the coastal path between mid-March and the start of November, and the Via dell'Amore needs a booked time slot on top of it. Outside those dates the trails are free. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Easter and the first crowds

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The season starts at Easter rather than in June. The regional trains fill, the villages take their first coach and cruise groups, and the narrow sections of the path become a queue. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Villages shut for winter (5 Nov – 10 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter and the first crowds, Day-trippers from La Spezia

• Norma

  One-way walking on peak days

  1 Abr – 10 Jun · normalmenteCierres

  On the busiest spring days the park makes the Monterosso to Vernazza stretch one direction only, so the walk has to be planned the right way round or not at all. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Day-trippers from La Spezia

  15 Abr – 15 Oct · normalmenteAvalancha de excursionistasMucha gente

  Ships dock at La Spezia and empty into the local train, which is why the villages are unbearable between eleven and four and civil at either end of the day. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Abr – 2 JunFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Easter and the first crowds (3–6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Monterosso lemon festival

  15–25 May · normalmenteCosecha

  A Saturday in May given over to the local lemons — stalls, cakes and limoncello along the old town front, before the season's crowds properly arrive. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 Abr – 10 Jun (normalmente)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmente

  Monterosso has the only real beach; everywhere else you get in off rocks or off a slipway. The Ligurian sea stays comfortable to the end of September, after the walking crowds thin.

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 Abr – 10 Jun (normalmente)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays en Italia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Day-trippers from La Spezia, August peak

• Temporada

  August peak

  1–25 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Italy's holiday month lands on top of everyone else's. Vernazza's harbour is standing room, the trains run full, and the walking is done before eight in the morning or not at all.

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays en Italia

• Naturaleza

  Terrace grape harvest

  5 Sep – 15 Oct · normalmente

  The terraces above the villages are picked with monorails in September and the sciacchetra grapes are laid out to dry. It is the quietest month that still has everything open. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Day-trippers from La Spezia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Autumn storm trail closures

  1 Oct – 30 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  Autumn brings the downpours that flattened Vernazza and Monterosso in 2011. Sections of the path shut after a storm and can stay shut for months while the dry-stone walls are rebuilt. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Terrace grape harvest (5 Sep – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Cierre

  Villages shut for winter

  5 Nov – 10 Mar

  Most kitchens and rooms close for the winter and the boats between the villages stop, leaving the train. What is left is five working villages with nobody in them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 Mar – 2 Nov), Autumn storm trail closures (1 Oct – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Manarola hillside nativity

  8 Dic – 31 EneNavidad y Año Nuevo

  Thousands of lights laid out across the terraces above Manarola, switched on every 8 December and left up into the new year. It is the only reason to be here in the dead season, and a good one. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Villages shut for winter (5 Nov – 10 Mar)