It was great experience our Guide Fedeico was very friendly, warm and welcoming. Thanks for the great trip to Cinque terre and Pisa.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Light panoramic hiking route through Manarola’s seaside vineyards
- Cinque Terre National Park tickets
- Roundtrip transportation by coach, minibus or minivan, with WI-FI on board, according to selected option
- Scenic boat ride to Vernazza, weather permitting, or train transfer if boat is unavailable
- Cinque Terre day trip from Florence with professional English-speaking tour guide.
- Cinque Terre National Park visit with Manarola, Vernazza and Ligurian Riviera views
Excludes
- Gratuities
- The train ticket is included only if sea conditions do not allow the boat tour
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Via dei Vagellai, 22 red, corner with Piazza Mentana (opposite to the Arno River) Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
Return
- Via dei Vagellai, 22 red, corner with Piazza Mentana (opposite to the Arno River) Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Depart from Florence by air-conditioned coach, minibus or minivan according to your selected option and travel toward Manarola, one of the most iconic villages in Cinque Terre. Relax on board during the scenic journey through Tuscany and Liguria before reaching the Italian Riviera coastline.
Enjoy a light hiking experience through Manarola’s seaside vineyards, surrounded by terraced hills, Mediterranean views and the UNESCO-listed Cinque Terre landscape. Walk along scenic paths with panoramic views over the Italian Riviera and the Ligurian coastline.
Travel by scenic boat from Manarola to Vernazza along the Cinque Terre Riviera, weather and sea conditions permitting. Admire colorful seaside villages, dramatic cliffs, terraced vineyards and panoramic Ligurian coastline views from the water before reaching Vernazza. If the boat ride is not available, travel by train between the villages.
Explore Vernazza, one of the most beautiful villages in Cinque Terre, known for its small harbor, colorful houses, sea-view piazza and scenic coastal atmosphere. Enjoy free time for photos, local shops, focaccia, gelato or a walk by the waterfront.
Travel from Vernazza to Pisa after your Cinque Terre day trip, crossing the Ligurian Riviera and the Tuscan countryside by air-conditioned coach, minibus or minivan according to your selected option. Relax on board before reaching Pisa and Piazza dei Miracoli.
Stop in Pisa for free time in Piazza dei Miracoli, one of Tuscany’s most famous landmarks. Admire the Leaning Tower of Pisa from the outside, take photos and explore the square before returning to Florence. (Tickets to the Tower not included)
Visit Manarola, one of the most iconic Cinque Terre villages, famous for colorful houses, sea views, terraced vineyards and dramatic Ligurian coastline. Enjoy free time to explore the village, take photos and admire the UNESCO-listed Cinque Terre landscape.
Travel back from Pisa to Florence by air-conditioned coach, minibus or minivan according to your selected option. Relax on board after your Cinque Terre day trip, scenic boat ride, Vernazza free time and Pisa stop before ending the tour back in Florence.
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Reviews
It was an amazing trip. Thank you so much Federico !
This was a long day but a great day to see the sights. Peter was a lovely guide. Knowledgeable and helpful. An absolute gem driving us around and for being a champion for such a long day.
This day trip was fantastic! I looked at taking a combination of trains, buses and boats to fulfill visiting Cinque Terre with my wife but the logistics were too much. This was a perfect option that allowed us to sit back and enjoy the view from passenger seats while learning a lot about the history of every area we travelled through. Our guide, Grace, was super fun and knowledgeable with a great sense of humor. She even made reservations for us to have lunch in at a restaurant with spectacular views in Vernazza, quite special.
Our guide Christina to Cinque Terre was exceptional!
Gabriel was a excellent guide and very knowledgable and pleasant
We had a terrific tour and experience with Grace. She was a great driver and an excellent guide - very knowledgeable about the area and the history of the country and region. Would totally recommend this tour with her again.
Wonderful way to spend a day outside the city! Cinque Terra was charming and authentic and the view from the boat helped put the many hilltop villages into perspective. I was surprised by how beautiful the leaning tower of Pisa was as photos really don't do its architectural details justice. The very best part of the tour was having Grace as our guide with a group small enough to ask her many questions about the entire area. She gave us dining tips, shopping tips, historical references and details I could never have gotten elsewhere. She was charming and informative and always had a smile on her face. One of my favorite guides in all of Florence! Really enjoyed this trip!
Stefano was a wonderful guide and excellent driver. Great to have only 8 people total. Drive is long but no realistic way to do and see what we did without a van and tourguide.
Gracie was a wonderful tour guide from Towns of Italy. She was very friendly, informative and helpful. I wouldn’t hesitate to book with her again.
Grace was very informative and provided heaps of information of all topics - history and general day to day living in Italy. Lively personality!!
We had an amazing experience and got to see great views! You had plenty of time to capture pictures, explore, and enjoy the areas. The tour guide was great as well, Grace!
We had a wonderful experience and our guide Grace was very informative and gave us so much history about the towns as well as sights on the drive. We all had a blast and I highly recommend this tour. It’s a long day so rest up the day before!
Francesco was amazing. Very personable and entertaining.
Francesco was absolutely Awesome!
We had a wonderful, knowledgeable, friendly guide. He was very conscientious of all of his guests . We would definitely book another tour with Towns of Italy with Francesco. What a wonderful experience to share with friends and family. Thank you Francesco! We appreciate you and your expertise!
Grace was amazing! Very informative, prompt, pleasant and funny. Made our day tour a very special experience
Gabriele was truly a one-of-a-kind tour guide, and I honestly don’t think we could have asked for a better person to guide us through this experience. Not only was he incredibly personable, patient, and kind, but his knowledge was IMPRESSIVE. There’s a huge difference between having someone simply point out different sights along the way and having a guide who can actually tell you the history, stories, facts, and context behind what you’re seeing. Gabriele knew so much about the areas we visited and Italy as a whole, and I genuinely walked away feeling like I had learned more from spending the day with him than I could have learned from sitting online researching everything myself. He also gave us so many great recommendations throughout the day and never made the experience feel rushed. You could tell that he genuinely knew the area and cared about making sure we had a memorable experience. A little advice for anyone booking this tour: wear comfortable walking shoes! You’ll definitely be doing some walking. I’d also recommend bringing a bathing suit and potentially a change of clothes. When you stop in beautiful Vernazza, you may absolutely find yourself wanting to get into that gorgeous water! I would do this entire tour all over again—not only because of all the beautiful places we were able to see, but because we had someone so wonderful guiding us along the way. Gabriele, thank you for your patience, your kindness, your recommendations, and for sharing so much knowledge with us. You truly made an already beautiful experience that much more special.
Gabriele was so nice and conversational! Great people skills and sense of humor. He was an excellent tour guide and was very knowledgeable.
We could not have been happier with our tour guide, Cristina. She was super friendly and knowledgeable. She provided the group with options so that the day was customized based on our preferences. It could not have been a better experience!
We had an amazing tour with Peter, who was very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. The Cinque Terre is stunning!
We went on a tour today to Cinque Terre with our family and Federico was our tour guide. He made this an amazing experience for all of us! He was informative, kind, funny, patient, and went out of his way to look out for my grandparents on this excursion. He was absolutely amazing and accommodating. I would recommend him as a guide for anyone visiting and looking for the perfect tour! Thank you Federico from Magdalena, Andrea, Bill, & Giuseppina!
Federico was our tour guide and he was absolutely incredible. Was super accommodating to everyone on the trip. We had an absolute blast with him!
Excellent tour of Cinque Terra and Pisa with knowledgeable and entertaining guide! Highly recommend this tour and Francesco!
Excellent experience! Our tour guide, Grace, was wonderful. The drive was a bit long, but it was well worth it. We had a great day.
I had a great time! Grace was amazing and I loved every second of it. Cinque terre was my favorite
Great experience, is a way to visit cinqueterre and Pisa in a relaxing no rushing way The guide was great and everything was excellent
Definitely book this tour with Towns of Italy we had the best tour guide Heather our first stop was Manarola where we did a little hike, beautiful views of the coast then down into the city the seas were too rough so we were unable to go on the boat so we took the train over to Vernazza, which is just as beautiful Heather our guide got us a reservation in a watchtower of a restaurant so we could overlook the sea as we ate. It was so awesome than our trip back to Pisa for an hour was just enough time. The luxury vans are very comfortable with lots of great air-conditioning but the real gem here was our guide. He was so helpful understanding walked us through everything was patient knowledgeable and fun. He’s what made the trip so enjoyable your all together in a van for a long time
Our Tour guy Gabrielle was fantastic! We visited Maranola and then took a boat to Vernazza. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate and we got heavy rain and had to cut our time short in Vernazza. It was still a wonderful day!
Our tour guide Tania was kind, professional and knowledgeable. We had a great time exploring the sites and making memories.
Alessandro was a very informative guide - he was thorough, knowledgeable, and happy to answer any of our questions. The day was full. We were greeted by him at the meeting location, along with other tours heading out for the day. The scenery was gorgeous; we visited 2 of the 5 Cinque Terre villages. The small walk/hike was scenic along the ledges by the sea of the first stop. We took a trail to the boat; the seas were great, which made for an enjoyable boat ride. This ride was similar to the ferry ride from Sorrento to Amalfi (beautiful coast there too). The 2nd stop was nice - we had about 2-3 hours there - great for a nice lunch (we took Alessandro's lunch spot recommendation, and it was fabulous! Tell Alessandro you to go to the ravioli with walnut sauce restaurant - yum! The town was full of local souvenir shops - not much for real shops if that's your thing. Lots of great pics taken. We left there and went to Pisa. The stay there was an hour - you have enough time to climb the tower and get some fun Leaning Tower pics. Overall, great tour and highly recommend if you're wanting to explore the coast and get a chance to see the Leaning Tower. Tell them Christy sent you!
We had a FANTASTIC Experience with Gabriel. Very informative and extremely enjoyable. Highly recommended.
This tour is worth the money, there was ample time in Cinque Terre and Pisa. I enjoyed the tour and really felt like I was emerced in the experience of Italy. Our guide was clearly very knowledgeable about the area and explained many facts about the hiking trails. The "boat ride" wasn't exactly what I had in mind, it's the ferry that takes you from one area to the other so don't expect a small intamite setting on the boat ride, it's a public ferry. Nonetheless, our guide made it seemless to travel from one area to the next.
This was the most beautiful tour of Cinque Terre! Our guide was so knowledgeable and fun. The drop off & pickup was simple and the views at each stop were amazing!
I had a wonderful time and discovered parts of Italy I didn't know existed! Our guide Francesco also shared a lot of interesting facts about italian culture and this region in particular, he took great care of us. I was solo traveling and this tour allowed me to wander at my pace while also covering different activities / sites on the same day. I totally recommend it :)
Franchesco was very friendly and informative. We easily found our small group at the meeting point. From there we had a lovely air conditioned ride to Cinque Terra in a van. The views were truly breathtaking. We finished our trip with a walk up the leaning tower of Pisa which not to be missed. We had a wonderful day trip. Thank you, Franchesco!
Very knowledgeable tour guide. Super nice, were with great people on the tour as well. Beautiful water scenes, scenic views.
Our driver and tour guide Tania was very knowledgeable and pleasant to spend a 10 hour day with. Highly recommend taking this tour!
Beautiful Excursion! Our tour guide, Federico, was amazing; very knowledgeable, went above and beyond to make sure our experience was memorable. We were very pleased, and we are glad we decided to do this tour, everything was just as promised and scheduled; a wonderful experience for couples and families. We highly recommend this tour. You should bring comfortable shoes. Also just a side note: we brought our swimsuit and decided to take a little swim in the Ligurian Sea.
This tour was excellent. Franscesco was an amazing guide and I would highly recommend him and his company to anyone that wants to experience and learn about Italy.
Highly recommended! Our experience was absolutely perfect and met all our expectations. The driver Francesco was very friendly, accessible, and helpful, even recommending a great place for lunch. Everything was perfectly on time and well-explained throughout the tour. The places we visited were amazing, and the entire trip ran incredibly smoothly. We would definitely do it again!
We had such a great time, everything was so beautiful and Francesco was very friendly, funny, and a great sour guide. I felt that we got to experience a lot in just one day.
This was fun and super memorable. Our guide was very helpful , kind,, informative and a great driver! Would definitely recommend to others.
Great tour!! Giacomo was a great guide, very knowledgeable
Hands Down…without a doubt…the best part of the tour was Gracie!!! Very Personable…Very Knowledgeable…Looked out for our best interest! Excellent Driver…Big…Big Plus especially on the one lane roads! If you’re lucky to get Gracie as your guide…you’ve struck Gold! Absolutely…Positively the best tour experience!
Grace was wonderful, she was super knowledgeable and was very accommodating for our group. She offered personalized recommendations, took wonderful photos of the groups and even made a reservation for us to sit overlooking the sea for a delicious lunch! Would highly recommend the area is beautiful and grace was top notch. I’d book again!
We did a day trip to Cinque Terre with our guide Haider who was awesome. He had the perfect combination of knowledge and being real. He shared he personal experiences and the culture of people and Italy - not just standard speeches around the sites. A funny personal guy. Loved him! Also he set us up with an incredible table for lunch in Varnazza that would never have happened without being part of this tour! Best lunch of our two week trip! He knew everyone. So great. Can't recommend him or this tour enough.
Our guide’s Haider & Claudia were truly amazing!! Couldn’t have had a better experience. Just beautiful and the best food in all of Europe with fresh fresh seafood. July is very very hot. Be advised. But well worth seeing 🍋🫒🫶
Absolutely a great time!!! My family and me have so much fun! And Haider was great!!! Love it , thanks so much !
Our Cinque Terre tour was fantastic! The tour guide was amazing, super knowledgable, he shared a great amount of historical information on the areas to and from Cinque Terre. He was polite, timely, accommodating and a great driver on the twists and turns of the roads between the Cinque Terre towns. One thing I would note for those taking the tour is feel free to bring a swim suit and a towel, you will have the opportunity to cool off in the ocean! Highly recommend!
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