Italy’s Cinque Terre is famous for its sunny-coloured, cliff-clinging villages linked by vertiginous walking paths. The hiking routes draw thousands of visitors in spring and summer, to the extent ...

Church bells echoed through the sunny piazza as I plopped down on a stone bench, digging my plastic spoon into a cup of basil gelato. I’d hiked about 5 miles that morning. I had another 5 to go. A ...

Italy’s Cinque Terre is hardly short on views. These five villages are Instagram fodder with their candy-colored houses stacked beside the Ligurian sea (whether you’ve been or not, you’re no doubt ...

WHEN you struggle down the steps from the train and start wheeling your luggage, there is an entrance to a tunnel. Walk 180m through it and you surface in a very different world. This is Manarola in ...

Renowned for its gorgeous, romantic panoramas, Cinque Terre’s Via Dell’Amore, one of the most famous walking paths in the world, opens in full on July 27 after more than a decade of closure. The ...

Italy is one of Europe’s most popular destinations, and for good reason: It’s one of the cultural, culinary and classical centers of the world. Yet the country is much more than Pisa, pasta and ruins ...

For just £13 off-peak, you can spend the day exploring one of the world's most beautiful trainlines, with beaches and hiking ...