Cinque Terre on Sunday by train, ferry

[Senior Citizen]

Our ship tenders in La Spezia on a Sunday mid-September at 7 am. Do the trains and ferries run on a limited schedule to Cinque Terre? We'd like to take the ferry from La Spezia to Portovenere for a short visit. Then, we'd like to take the ferry from Portovenere to Riomaggiore to start hiking between towns. We might have to take the train at some point if we think we're short on time. But, idealistically, we'd make it to Monterosso either hiking or using the train system and then we'd like to take the ferry back as far as possible---perhaps to La Spezia. I think there is a day pass for the ferries? Does this sound do-able? Does it rain often in September? Our ship leaves at 7 pm.

[kuldalai]

You can do it from La Spezia by train easily in a single day .

 

Purchase Cinque Terre Pass at La Spezia station cover unlimited daily train travel, plus access to all walking tracks between the towns (NB: path access NOT free. )

 

Cinque Terre towns to La Spezia train timetable is here :

 

http://www.ftroute.com/IT_CTR_LSP.cfm

 

La Spezia to Cinque Terre Towns train timetable is here :

 

http://www.ftroute.com/IT_LSP_CTR.cfm

 

Also worth checking out this website for general info on the 5 towns here :

 

http://www.ftroute.com/cinque.cfm