Cosa c'è in programma a Cinque Terre (Monterosso) (Italia) durante l'anno

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Italia, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Regola

  Via dell'Amore by booking

  1 gen – 31 dicPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar), Manarola hillside nativity (8 dic – 31 gen)

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Regola

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Easter and the first crowds

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)

Folla al massimo — Easter and the first crowds, Day-trippers from La Spezia

• Regola

  One-way walking on peak days

  1 apr – 10 giu · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Day-trippers from La Spezia

  15 apr – 15 ott · di solitoAssalto dei gitantiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 giuFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Easter and the first crowds (3–6 apr)

Folla al massimo — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Monterosso lemon festival

  15–25 mag · di solitoRaccolto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 apr – 10 giu (di solito)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 giu)

Folla al massimo — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 giu – 30 set · di solito

  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.

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 apr – 10 giu (di solito)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 giu)

Folla al massimo — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays in Italia

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Day-trippers from La Spezia, August peak

• Stagione

  August peak

  1–25 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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.

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays in Italia

• Natura

  Terrace grape harvest

  5 set – 15 ott · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Day-trippers from La Spezia, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Autumn storm trail closures

  1 ott – 30 nov · di solitoStagione delle alluvioniChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Terrace grape harvest (5 set – 15 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Chiusura

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Autumn storm trail closures (1 ott – 30 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Italia, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Manarola hillside nativity

  8 dic – 31 genNatale e Capodanno

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 gen – 31 dic), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)