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Vernazza

Name: Vernazza
Address: Italy

Liguria (Province of La Spezia) · Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands)

Coordinates

44.135, 9.6835

Population

703 (2024) comune

Elevation

3 m

Terrain

Coastal

Location

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Manarola (5.1 km)
Neive (140.2 km)
Montagnana (186.2 km)
Pienza (198.9 km)

Vernazza is the only natural harbor among the Cinque Terre villages, its houses rising along a rocky spur sheltering a small fishing port. A 2011 flood buried the town, including the train station, under four metres of mud.

Cinque Terre natural harborterraced vineyardsSentiero Azzurro

Getting There & Staying Nearby

Nearest airport

Pisa International Airport 99 km

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Nearest station

Vernazza — Village has its own stop on the Genoa-La Spezia line, about 18 minutes from La Spezia Centrale.

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Staying nearby

Small harbourfront guesthouses and terraced apartments along the Cinque Terre coast

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Nearby

Cinque Terre coastal trail (Sentiero Azzurro), Doria Castle lookout, Santa Margherita d'Antiochia church

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Sources & verification

Designation

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/826/

Population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernazza

Elevation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernazza

Airport

https://laspeziaguide.com/insider-guide/everything-cinque-terre/getting-to-and-around-cinque-terre/how-to-get-to-cinque-terre-from-major-airports-and-cities/

Station

https://laspeziaguide.com/insider-guide/everything-cinque-terre/getting-to-and-around-cinque-terre/how-to-get-to-cinque-terre-from-major-airports-and-cities/