Hello, A friend recently told me that cruise ships are now stopping in Cinque Terra. Is that true? Does anyone know which towns they stop in and when is the cruise season? I'm headed there in May and would like to avoid such things if possible :)
Posted by
Mpls, MN
1005 posts
Are you sure your friend wasn't referring to the boats that run between the villges? I was there just last summer and there were no cruise ships. I sure hope this isn't true!
Posted by
Portland, Oregon, USA
306 posts
I was there in October and there were no cruise ships. Just ferries.
Posted by
Bothell, WA, USA
206 posts
I highly doubt it is true. Where on earth would they dock??
Posted by
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
113 posts
It is possible that one of the tour options from Livorno is Cinque Terre...I hope not though!
Posted by
Yakima, WA, 98908
80 posts
Yes, I know Princess has at least one crusie that has an excursion from Livorno to the Cinque Terre.
I think you go by bus to Rio Maggiore and then take a boat ride to Vernazza.
I'm not sure how many people are on these excursions - maybe 50?
Posted by
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
536 posts
Brian - No cruise ships stop in Cinque Terre - closest location is Livorno - about one hour and fifteen minutes south. There are very nice private tour boats run by locals out of Portovenere but that's all.
Ciao, greg
Posted by
manarola, italy
63 posts
Hello everybody.
From what we know here, there's a project involving Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises to have a daily stop in La Spezia, to allow guests to visit the Cinque Terre and Portofino by guided excursions.
At this stage it does'nt seems to be effective but it will probably be soon. In any case the main port will be La Spezia, after that, probably, the excursion will be by ferry ( the ones that already cruise along the Cinque Terre coast) or by bus.
Bye
Posted by
Hamilton, NJ, USA
132 posts
I can tell you this...2 summers ago when we were staying in Vernazza in the summer there was a group of people walking through the town led by a person holding a giant Mickey hand (Disney Cruise Ship). My guess is that the boat anchored offshore and they were ferried ashore by small excursion craft.