Vernazza Harbour

Vernazza


Cinque Terre’s only natural harbour has breathtaking views out over the water, and provides the best open-air amusement in Vernazza. Here you can bask on a tiny beach, head off on a boat trip, or just linger over the day’s fresh catch and a glass of Italian’s finest at one of the al fresco restaurants facing the water’s edge.


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Nearby Vernazza attractions

1. Chiesa di Santa Margherita d'Antiochia

0.03 MILES

The waterfront is framed by this small Ligurian-Gothic church, built on a small seafront promontory in 1318 on the site of an 11th-century Romanesque…

2. Castello Doria

0.05 MILES

This castle, the oldest surviving fortification in the Cinque Terre, commands superb views. Dating to around 1000, it's now largely a ruin except for the…

3. Guvano Beach

1.23 MILES

This lovely, hard-to-reach beach was once a famous nudist spot from the 1960s to the 1990s, when it was accessed by walking through an abandoned railway…

4. Chiesa San Giovanni Battista

1.6 MILES

One of the oldest churches in Cinque Terre, San Giovanni Battista has a striped facade dating back to 1307. The Ligurian-Gothic design features white and…

5. Belvedere di Santa Maria

1.61 MILES

Enjoy dazzling 180-degree sea views at this heart-stopping lookout in hilltop Corniglia. To find it, follow Via Fieschi through the village until you…

6. Oratorio della Santa Croce

1.61 MILES

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7. Convento dei Cappuccini

1.62 MILES

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8. La Torre

1.65 MILES

This viewpoint overlooking a photogenic stretch of coastline (direction: Manarola) is reached by a stairway that leads up from the diminutive main square,…