REBUILD MONTEROSSO!: Trails

Up-to-date Trail information and Map can found on the Save Vernazza Trail information.

Our favorite alternative trails!

Trail #10 Sant Antonio - Semaforo

To access the trail walk down the promenade with the sea on your left away from the station and the Historical Center. Walk trough this part of Town called Fegina until you see the Gigante Statue.

Here you keep walking straight, not toward the statue under an archway and turn right up the stairs. Follow Trail # 10 to the end of the steps where you will reach a road that you will walk up for about 10 minutes and see the where the trail and stone steps begin again.

View of Monterosso from the trail that runs between Levanto and Monterosso

By hiking for about an hour up this trail you will come to a fork. Go left to see the the Saint Anthony monastery.

The ruins of the Saint Anthony monastery, located at the top of the Punta Mesco, the point that divides Levanto and Monterosso

Hotel Monterosso Alto

Trail #1 - Colleadi Gritta

A beautiful part of Tail #1, marked 1.2 on the map above, free of charge, can be taken from the point before ruins of the Saint Anthony monastery, by walking inland. Taking a right at this fork takes you on Trail #1 the path coming from Levanto. This part takes you on a small up-hill path, going straight up you will get to a a rocky area and radio towers keep following the path upward. Continuing on the #1 it will become greener and lead you to the fork in the road that leads you to town or Soviore Sanctuary. This part of the trail was cleaned in March 2012 takes you through the forest and along the ridge that divides the coast of the 5 Terre and the Tigullo coast north of the 5 Terre, thus giving you views of both. The trail takes you to the 'top' of Monterosso of where there is Hotel and Restaurant 'Monterosso Alto'. This is where there is a fork in the main road for vehicles to access both sides into town.

Fork in the road that leads to new town and cemetery to the right, and the historical center and path BELOW Soviore to the left.

Alternive 1 - Cemetary, Via Buranco - 45 minutes to town

Here you can take a right at he fork to walk the street down into the new part of town. On both sides of the road you will see private kitchen gardens, olive and fruit groves, vineyards and animals. After about a 30 minute walk take a left and pass through the cemetery and/or the charming Via Buranco to get to the historical center.

View from the road that takes you to Fegina from.

Turn off to cemetery that takes you down Via Buranco and to the historical center

Alternitive 2 - Soviore

Looking at the fork in the road, behind you there is an intersection with signs to La Spezia (picture below), you can walk up this road, watching for cars, for about 30 minutes, to get to Soviore Santuary. Take a right and walk down a little road and right into the sanctuary, from the street above it. From here follow the red and white marked Trail #9 downhill to the historical center. You will cross the main road and continue the path down a windy road through a beautiful forest. Just after Casa Dei Limoni the trail leads you to the main street of the historical center Via Roma.

Road taking you ABOVE Soviore

Alternative 3 The trail below Soviore If you take a left at the fork int he road and walk downhill after about 25 minutes you will come to the path uphill to Soviore on your left (below). This is the middle of Trail #9. Taking a left takes you up to Soviore and . . . .

. . . Taking a right into the trail in the picture below takes you down into the historical center as explained above in Trail #9. If you miss the poorly marked trail you can also take a right into the little street that leads to Il Ciliego Ristorante that meets up with the #9 that takes you to town.

Turn off rom the road into the Historical Center #9

Sign that indicates the path leading up to Soviore from the road below it.

Trail #2 Monterosso-Vernazza has had a lot of work done, some parts of the trail have been built back up where there were landslides and some parts have even been improved by being widened and flattened. There is just some work still needing to be done toward Vernazza, but signs show that it is being worked on at this time.