Italy’s Liguria region, also known as the Italian Riviera, is a rugged, crescent-shaped stretch of coastline running along the country’s far northwest.

Here you’ll find the stylish resort town of Portofino; the beautiful ‘Bay of Poets’, Porto Venere; and the famous Cinque Terre (‘Five Lands’), a delightful cluster of coastal villages that reveal an Italy of times gone by. Thanks to geographic isolation and difficult terrain, the villages of the Cinque Terre have been spared the modernising effects of tourism and have retained their unique characteristics.

Ancient walking paths meander through this very special stretch of coastline — a shamelessly photogenic landscape of mountains swathed in the lush Liguria National Park and dotted with olive groves, terraced vineyards and the candy-coloured villages of the Cinque Terre, clinging dramatically to rugged hills that tumble down to the Mediterranean.

Join one of our walking tours today and discover the unique beauty of Liguria.