Dear Guest,
Surely you already know that the best way to reach the Cinque Terre is by train, avoiding the narrow streets with many curves and parking problems. The Cinque Terre Express shuttle that connects all five countries leaves from La Spezia and Levanto with about three trains per hour.
The departure station is La Spezia, below the directions that take you directly to the station car park.
The Park Centro Stazione is open 24 hours a day every day of the year.
Parking rates:
from 8.00 to 20.00 1,50 € per hour
from 20.00 to 8.00 1,00 € per hour
Directions to the parking lot of La Spezia station
We advise you to get the 5 Terre Treno MS Card ticket, buy it directly online from the 5TERRE CARD website and avoid queues at the ticket office.
The ticket allows you to take advantage of the following services:
- Second class access to fast regional and regional trains (excluding IC/ICN/FB trains) on the Levanto – La Spezia route (and vice versa)
- Access to the Park area
- Guided tours according to schedule (Cinque Terre Walking Park 2023)
- Poetic Nature Trails Eugenio Montale and Cinque Terre Literary Park according to programming
- Guided tours according to schedule
- The use of the bus service operated by ATC within the countries
- Free use of toilets in the railway stations of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso) for NON-owners the cost is 1 euro)
- Participation in the workshops of the Environmental Education Center of the Park, according to programming
- WI-FI internet browsing in the Park’s Hot Spots
- Reduced entrance to the Civic Museums of La Spezia (Amedeo Lia, Castello San Giorgio, CAMeC, Sigillo, Palazzina delle Arti, Ethnographic, Diocesan)
How to use
The cards are nominative and non-transferable. Before use, the name and surname of the holder or head of the family must be affixed to the back in the case of “Family” Cards. The control staff must be presented together with a valid identification document.
They must be validated in Trenitalia’s validating equipment at the time of making the first train journey.
Children under the age of four travel on trains and have free access to Park services when accompanied by an adult Card holder.
The average distance between La Spezia and Levanto by train:
La Spezia – Riomaggiore: 9 minutes
Riomaggiore – Manarola: 6 minutes
Manarola – Corniglia: 5 minutes
Corniglia – Vernazza: 4 minutes
Vernazza – Monterosso: 4 minutes
Monterosso – Levanto: 5 minutes
