Vertical Trails

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 6C Plus and the T-junction Trail No. 6C connect to each other, linking Trail No. 586 (at Monte le Croci) with the AV5T. These are two of our "adopted" trails; we found them long-abandoned and have since brought them back to life. We discovered them while researching [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 572 had been abandoned for years before being recently reopened by the Municipality of Monterosso. Formerly known as Trail No. 14A, it connects Monterosso to Trail No. 591; at this junction, it exits the National Park and continues toward Levanto. The trail begins at Sella di Bagari, [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. We used the extra time during the recent months of partial lockdown to reopen abandoned local trails. Last week, we completed our latest volunteer project: the direct route from the village of Groppo to Monte le Croci. Back in 2018, we cleared the final 300-meter stretch connecting Trail ex6A [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 537 is located at the southeastern end of the municipality of Riomaggiore. It connects Telegrafo—on the AV5T trail—to Punta Pineda, passing through the locality of Campi. Roughly halfway along the route, the trail is intersected by the SP370 provincial road. The upper section from Campi to Telegrafo—clearly [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. The Zunche 'e Tigiua trails interconnect and link the hamlet of Groppo to Trail No. 585. These paths were once used by farmers to reach their vineyards and woodland plots. They had been abandoned for decades before being reopened by volunteers. The trail is located in Groppo, though the [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 528V is a vertical path located at the southeastern edge of Cinque Terre National Park, in the Tramonti area. It connects the tiny agricultural hamlet of Chioso to the sea. The trail begins off Trail No. 528, approximately 600 meters from Campiglia in the direction of Persico. [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 528 is a steep trail located at the southeastern edge of Cinque Terre National Park. It begins just outside the park in Acquasanta—a small village on the Gulf of La Spezia—and enters the park at Campiglia. The earliest record of the village of Campiglia dates back to [...]

CTT  ti porta sui sentieri. Il sentiero N. 536  è un sentiero verticale all'estremità sud-orientale del Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre, nella zona denominata Tramonti. Inizia sul Sentiero N. 504 e scende al mare passando per l'insediamento agricolo di Monesteroli. L'inizio del sentiero è a circa 1 chilometro dall'incrocio dei Sentieri 504 e AV5T a S. Antonio.  Il sentiero [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 504 is a steep, vertical path located at the southeastern edge of Cinque Terre National Park, in the area known as Tramonti. The trail begins in the village of Biassa—situated in the hills behind the Cinque Terre—and enters the National Park near San Antonio, connecting to the [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 534 is a vertical link between Trail No. 535 and the AV5T trail, located at the southeastern end of Cinque Terre National Park in the area known as Tramonti. Trail No. 534 once extended all the way to the sea, but its lower section has been washed [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 531C is a short, level path connecting the SP370 road to Trail No. 531 (the Beccara). The trail begins at the southwestern end of the parking area on the Manarola side of the Campertone Bridge. The first 30 meters ascend a steep flight of steps flanked on [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 591C is a steep trail connecting Trail No. 591 at Colla di Gritta to the AV5T trail, just south of Monte Crocettola. The trail begins about 100 meters from the junction of Trail No. 591 and Provincial Road SP38 (towards Monterosso), heading in the direction of Il [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. The Pagana Trail connects Trail No. 502 to Trail No. 501. It had been abandoned for decades before being reopened this autumn by us and other volunteers. On old maps, it was part of the "Beccara Vecchia" route coming from Manarola—a path once used by locals to transport wine [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. The Val di Chiara trail is a steep, vertical path connecting the Cinque Terre hamlet of Groppo to Trail No. 530 (the *Strada dei Santuari* or "Sanctuaries Road"). This trail had been abandoned for about 40 years before being reopened this winter by our team of volunteers. In the [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 530C is a short but steep link between Trail No. 530 and the AV5T trail. The path begins on the right—right where the descent of Trail No. 530 starts—about 800 meters from Telegrafo. The first 300 meters are flat, following a dirt track through a holm oak [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. 506V is a steep variant of Trail No. 506 (Manarola–Volastra–AV5T). It bypasses the hamlet of Volastra, passing instead through the hamlet of Groppo. The route begins at Pie' de Fiesse, where Trail No. 506 meets Trail No. 502 on the SP51 provincial road. The path starts with [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 532 is a vertical trail that follows the ridge of Costa Corniolo, which separates Riomaggiore and Manarola. This trail connects Trail No. 531 to Trail No. 530. It starts from a scenic viewpoint high above the Manarola train station at 226 meters above sea level, where it [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail No. SVA / 590 is one of the vertical trails of Monterosso, connecting the town to Trail No. 591 of Punta Mesco, the iconic promontory visible from many points in the Cinque Terre. Heading west along the seafront, the trail starts at the intersection of Via 4 Novembre [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 509 is one of Monterosso's vertical trails, connecting the town to its hilltop sanctuary Soviore. From Monterosso's historic center, follow Via Roma to the outskirts of the town. At the roundabout, continue past Valle Morione on SP38. On the left, across from the parking lot, Trail No. [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 508 is one of the 2 vertical trails that connect Vernazza to the AV5T. It's the longer of the two and is also the historic path to the hilltop sanctuary of Madonna di Reggio. The trail starts on Via Roma, just north of the Vernazza train station, [...]

CTT takes you onto the trails. Trail No. 507 is one of the two vertical trails that connect Vernazza to the AV5T. It is the shorter and steeper of the two. The trail starts about 300 meters from Vernazza's main street, off the SVA Trail heading toward Corniglia. The trail begins on steps, passing through [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 587 is a vertical trail that connects Corniglia to the AV5T. It starts on Via Serra, which is also the SVA Trail. The trailhead is just a few meters from the back of the Church of San Pietro, built in 1334. There are several water fountains nearby, [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 506 is one of the two vertical trails that connect Manarola to the AV5T ridge trail (the other is Trail No. 502, introduced last week). When you exit the tunnel at Manarola station, on the main street Via Discovolo, the trail immediately starts climbing steeply. For the [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 502 is one of the vertical trails of the Cinque Terre, connecting Manarola to the AV5T ridge trail. From Via Discovolo, the main street of Manarola, the trail immediately starts as a steep staircase, first passing between tower houses and then through the cultivated vineyards surrounding the [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 501 is one of the vertical trails of the Cinque Terre, connecting Riomaggiore to the AV5T ridge trail. From Piazza Rio Finale to the Riomaggiore train station, the first 400 meters of Trail No. 501 follow Via Telemaco Signorini and then wind through narrow side streets of [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Trail No. 593V starts immediately with stairs going up to Piazza Vignaioli and then winds through the narrow side streets of Riomaggiore, flanked by the typical tower houses. The stairs continue for 150 meters up to Via di Loca. Here the trail turns right onto the village road and [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. The SVA / 593 trail is an ancient route that leads to the Marian sanctuary of the Madonna of Montenero and continues up to the Telegrafo, where it ends at the AV5T Trail. The trail starts as a stone-paved path heading east from the village of Riomaggiore and follows [...]

CTT takes you on the trails. Before the construction of the Via dell'Amore at the end of the 1920s, Trail No. 531 was the main route connecting Riomaggiore and Manarola, passing over Colle Corniolo. The Via dell'Amore has been closed for 8 years due to a landslide that still needs repairing, so Trail No. 531 [...]

CTT takes you to the trails. Trail ex6a had been abandoned for decades. We stumbled upon it by chance years ago while foraging for mushrooms, and later rediscovered it while planning the route for a vertical trail race. Trail ex6a appeared on several old maps we were studying and offered the most direct route to [...]