Places to visit in Liguria, Italy
9 places to visit in Liguria, Italy, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Cinque Terre, Porto Venere, Manarola and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Liguria volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 5 Famous places to visit · 2 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Liguria (2)
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Cinque Terre
Five villages clinging to the cliffs of the Ligurian coast: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. The coast, the villages and the terraced hillsides form a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, linked by footpaths and a railway.
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Porto Venere
A small walled town at the tip of the Gulf of La Spezia, its tall coloured houses lining the harbour. The striped church of San Pietro stands on the rocks at the point, and the town shares a UNESCO listing with the Cinque Terre and the nearby islands.
Famous places to visit in Liguria (5)
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Manarola
The second smallest of the Cinque Terre villages, home to a few hundred people, its pastel houses stacked on a rock above the sea. Vineyards climb the slopes behind, and the view back to the village from the headland path at dusk is the picture most people carry home.
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Monterosso al Mare
The largest and most northerly of the Cinque Terre villages, and the one with the longest sandy beach. An old town of narrow lanes sits on one side of a headland and a newer quarter, Fegina, on the other.
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Portofino
A small harbour town on the Italian Riviera, its colourfully painted houses lining the waterfront. European aristocrats began holidaying here in the late 19th century, and yachts now crowd the little bay below the wooded headland.
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Riomaggiore
The southernmost of the Cinque Terre villages, built up the sides of a narrow valley that runs down to a tiny harbour. Tall painted houses line its steep main street, and fishing boats are pulled up on the slipway between them.
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Vernazza
A car-free fishing village with tall painted houses crowded around the only natural harbour of the Cinque Terre. It is the fourth of the five villages heading north, and the tower of its old castle looks down over the little port.
Hidden gems in Liguria (2)
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Corniglia
The one Cinque Terre village that does not touch the sea, set on a promontory about 100 metres high with vineyards and terraces on three sides. From the station below it is reached by the Lardarina, a brick stairway of 33 flights and 383 steps.
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Via dell'Amore
A cliffside footpath of just over a kilometre linking Riomaggiore and Manarola, high above the sea. It is one section of the Sentiero Azzurro, the Blue Path, and is known for the padlocks couples have left along its railings.
Collecting in Liguria
What are the best places to visit in Liguria?
LOQAH lists 9 places in Liguria. The best known include Cinque Terre, Porto Venere, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare and Portofino. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Liguria?
9, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Liguria?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Liguria before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Liguria and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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