På gång i Cinque Terre (Monterosso), Italy under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Italy, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Via dell'Amore by booking

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar), Manarola hillside nativity (8 dec – 31 jan)

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Regel

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter and the first crowds

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)

Mest folk — Easter and the first crowds, Day-trippers from La Spezia

• Regel

  One-way walking on peak days

  1 apr – 10 jun · vanligtvisStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Day-trippers from La Spezia

  15 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisDagsturisternas tryckTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Easter and the first crowds (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Monterosso lemon festival

  15–25 maj · vanligtvisSkörd

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 apr – 10 jun (vanligtvis)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), One-way walking on peak days (1 apr – 10 jun (vanligtvis)), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, August peak

• Säsong

  August peak

  1–25 augSkollovTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, Summer holidays i Italy

• Natur

  Terrace grape harvest

  5 sep – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Day-trippers from La Spezia, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Autumn storm trail closures

  1 okt – 30 nov · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Day-trippers from La Spezia (15 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Terrace grape harvest (5 sep – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Cinque Terre Card season (14 mar – 2 nov), Autumn storm trail closures (1 okt – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Italy, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Manarola hillside nativity

  8 dec – 31 janJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Via dell'Amore by booking (1 jan – 31 dec), Villages shut for winter (5 nov – 10 mar)