We are visiting Cinque Terre in January. We would like to stay in Vernazza but will arrive in the evening. Are any restaurants open in the winter?
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
11845 posts
Very few. It is very much the off-season. It is a wet time of year. There are far better choices in February.
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
16731 posts
Echoing Laurel, I wouldn't choose to visit the CT in January as the majority of businesses will be closed. There will be a restaurant or two still open but I'd choose a different region/location if wishing to have a bigger choice of places to eat, and a choice of indoor activities if the weather is miserable...which it could be in the dead of winter. I guess it depends on what you want to get out of your visit there, and how willing you are to venture out if it's windy, wet and cold?
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16221 posts
I would skip it altogether. At most visit it on a day trip, if you happen to stay in Florence, or even better from Lucca, if part of your itinerary.