Riomaggiore Transportation Tips by matcrazy1

Train is the best way to get there

Train is the best way to get to Riomaggiore, I suppose. There is a stop (railway station) in each of 5 villages of Cinque Terre (line Genova - La Spezia).

Check pages with european timetables:
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http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
page of German Railways (Deutche Bundesbahn) in English,
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www.rail.ch/index_e.htm
page of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in English
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www.cvut.cz/home/railway.htm - index of European railway resources (hundreds georgeus links although some of them are not updated).
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HAVE GREAT TRAIN TRIPS :-))))
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Mode: TO

Type: Train

Ferries

There are regular ferry lines linking 5 villages of Cinque Terre, Portovenere and La Spezia.

Check the link below for more.

Mode: TO

Type: Ship/Boat

Website: http://www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it/homee.htm

Walking/hiking

The only way of getting around is on foot or for crazy VT-ers: a bicycle (hmm... mountain bicycle I could say).
So walk/hike or rather climb up and down.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Other

By a car

I got to Riomaggiore by a car. I had no problem with parking a car (somewhere close to Parish Church) but... it maybe difficult in some weekends, I am sure.

The road to Riomaggiore was FANTASTIC and crazy: thousands of bends, narrow, very narrow asphalt road (use a horn before each bend), dark like in a jungle at some places but... cool :-))) - highly recommended for crazy drivers hehe.

I wanted to drive to next village of Manarola but... the road was... rocky and I had almost a new car that time so finally I did U-turn on the top of the hill and came back to Riomaggiore :-(((( although I saw old Italian cars and not only all terrain 4 x 4 driving that "road" or rather rocky path.
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Mode: TO

Type: Car/Motor Home