Portofino and the Cinque Terre

What's Included

• Accommodation
  7 nights hotels

• 7 breakfasts - usually continental in style consisting of coffee, tea, pastry. Some breakfasts will be more substantial including breads, cheeses, yoghurt, juice etc.

• Information pack including route notes & maps per room booked

• 7 nights in 2-3 star hotels / guesthouses on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities (hotel taxes extra, payable locally - allow approx €7-10)

• Emergency hotline

• Luggage transfer on day 5

• Transfer from Monterosso to Soviore on day 6

• 7 nights in 3 star hotels on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities (hotel taxes extra, payable locally - allow approx €7-10)

• Information pack including navigational app, route notes & maps per room booked

• Digital information pack including navigational app, route notes & maps

• 7 nights in 3 star hotels on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities

• Luggage transfer on day 5 (max 1 piece, max weight 20kg and max size 60 x 50 x 40 cm per person). Supplement applies for excess

• Digital information pack including navigational app with route notes & maps, GPS Tracks

What's Not Included

• Travel to Camogli and from Monterosso al Mare

• Lunches and dinners daily

• Guide - this is a self guided walk

• Personal expenses such as phone calls, unscheduled transfers, laundry etc.

• Travel insurance - mandatory

• Cinque Terre card - allow €14.50 for a two day pass (subject to change without notice). The pass is not required on all walking days.

• Local taxes - allow €1-1.5 per person per day - payable locally

• Entrance fees for sites

• Bus trips, boat trips and train trips to get to and from walks.

• Luggage transfer on day 3 - you will need to take your luggage with you on the train to Bonassola in the morning and deposit your luggage at the hotel before starting your walk.

• A supplement will apply if you are travelling solo or book a single room

• Travel insurance

• Entrance fees

• Items of a personal nature

• Meals not listed as included, drinks

• Guide – this is a self-guided walking holiday

• Excess luggage

Accommodation

7 nights hotels
We use comfortable 3* hotels or guesthouses with a friendly family run atmosphere.
In all the accommodation the rooms have private bathrooms and a good Italian breakfast is included each morning. The trip is on a bed and breakfast basis because throughout the trip there are plenty of opportunities to taste both the outstanding local cuisine and a wide array of prestigious regional wines.
Camogli and the Cinque Terre can be very busy from May till September therefore we work with several hotels of similar standard and characteristics. Due to this, all the walks start and end at a central point of the villages and you have to make your way to it from your hotel. This means that the start or end of the routes are slightly altered.
In choosing alternative accommodation we have tried to maintain the same standards and quality and whenever possible, location (in the same town or village), in order to modify the routes as little as possible.

What You Carry

During the walks you will only need to carry a daypack with your daily requirements including wet weather gear, water bottle, lunch supplies, mobile phone and sun protection etc.

Grading

INTRODUCTORY to MODERATE – GRADE 2
If you are not used to walking in mountainous terrain this walk may be considered more challenging than the introductory to moderate grade we have set. There are some more difficult sections and short ascents on rough surfaces, however overall the distances are usually 10-14.6km. The walks are along well marked footpaths and mule tracks and up and down steps of varying size. During the hotter months the walk can be more demanding and we recommend you plan to start early. To fully participate you should be able to walk for up to 5 hours a day. The terrain offers a classic landscape of small (although sometimes steep) hills, olive groves and vineyards and some days you will have shorter and longer walking options. A good level of fitness is required. As with all of our trips it is important that you are well prepared. We suggest that you undertake regular exercise – swimming, cycling, and jogging, two to three times a week for three months prior to your departure.

Book with Confidence

• Transfer as credit to Future Tours

  UTracks allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform utracks, 70 days before departure.

• Low Deposit

  UTracks requires a minimum deposit of 150 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 70 days before departure.

• Cancellation Policy

  We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of utracks charges.

  Up to 70 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.

  At 69 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.

  At 35 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.