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Alps to the RivieraPair a mountain railway of tunnels and stone villages with a short coastal line that threads through Cinque Terre.

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Alps to the Riviera

Pair a mountain railway of tunnels and stone villages with a short coastal line that threads through Cinque Terre.

A Cinque Terre regional train emerging from a tunnel beside Corniglia station
At Corniglia, the regional train briefly emerges between the coastal corridor’s closely spaced tunnels.Photo: Remontees · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mountain engineering to Mediterranean coast

Alps to the Riviera

Pair a mountain railway of tunnels and stone villages with a short coastal line that threads through Cinque Terre.

Suggested journey sequence

Follow the landscape

  1. 1
    Train des MerveillesNice → Tende
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  2. 2
    Cinque TerreLa Spezia Centrale → Levanto
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This is an editorial pairing rather than a same-day itinerary. Continue planning separately for travel between the French Riviera and Liguria.

Scenes along the way

Where to look

Train des MerveillesPaillon valley

Watch both sides as the railway begins its inland climb.

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Train des MerveillesSospel and the spiral climb

Tunnels and changing orientation reveal how quickly the train gains height.

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Cinque TerreRiomaggiore

Be ready after the long approach tunnel: the village and sea appear quickly.

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Cinque TerreManarola

The next station follows almost immediately, with little time between tunnel and platform.

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The journeys

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