Cinque Terre Day Trips From Florence Sunshine and Discovery

Great trip, awesome collection of places.

W Cinque Terre, Maddie was great, very patient and helpful and hung out with us on the trips and was a pleasure to be around.

The tour itself was satisfactory, but the total logistics around it were a disaster. Upon arrival at the designated meeting point ten minutes early, there were no tour guides in Orange jackets as advertised. There are several tours gathering at the location so lots of people everywhere. We went to every tour guide we could find asking for guidance. We finally found one young lady who offered to make a call on our behalf. Ultimately, she was able to send us to a tour guide already on a bus (with no orange jacket) who said we were indeed on her list but she didn’t understand why as her group were all 20ish and we were late 60’s. She said she didn’t think we would have a good day with her group so she talked to a man who had previously told us he had no idea where we belonged and we joined his group. Again, the tour was okay. We enjoyed ourselves. When part of his group was preparing to take a brief boat ride, he said that he didn’t have tickets for us because we hadn’t booked that tour. Ultimately, he got us on the boat. I have no idea what that was about. After the final train segment, the guide disappeared leaving about 15 passengers wondering where to go. Again, after 15 minutes or so, everyone got rounded up and headed for (home). Again, the tour itself was okay. We did enjoy ourselves. It was a lot more walking than we thought, but we are in decent shape so 15,000 steps didn’t kill us. Hopefully, the tour company will get their logistical problems worked out.

This was our best day in Italy. Hands down. We are a family of 5 with three teens. We wanted to see Cinque Terre in one day without having to figure out travel. This trip made it easy. The bus ride was comfortable. And I cannot say enough about our tour guides, Emma and Ana. They were very enthusiastic and kept the whole group on moving from village to village on the trains. They had food and drink suggestions for each stop. Best part - jumping off the rocks into the harbor in Manarola. Monterosso had a great beach and highly recommend renting beach loungers. Also recommend the fried calamari cones, pesto focaccia and the drink buckets. I would recommend this trip for families with teens/college kids. And I would highly recommend Emma and Ava as best tour guides ever.

It was such an amazing trip. Our guides Lizzie, Alexa, and Will made the trip 100% better. It was such a great trip, everything was planned perfectly, we were able to do more than expected and the guides were always helping us, giving us tips, and taking us to the best places. So grateful to experience this trip with my friends!

Justin, tour guide was knowledgeable, respectful, & kind. Would love to have Justin with next Vistor Day Trip in Florence

All the towns are beautiful but Gabrielle made it much more with sharing the details of the area and sights to see. We had lunch and met people from several countries and enjoyed conversations. Took a swim with plenty of time. Must do trip.

Amazing company and staff. My friends and I booked trip to Cinque Terre through SmartTrip. It is so easy and organized. Colette helped us through the entire process and was so informative. Using her code "Cheers" got us a discount too. If you are studying in Florence and want to travel, I highly recommend using SmartTrip. Ask for Colette.

Would def recommend! The guide was very informative and lovely. Enjoyed the bus ride as long as the flexibility that we head at each stop.

Going to Cinque, Terre? Be sure to look up Sandro- BEST TOUR GUIDE ! He did such a magnificent job of answering questions and keeping our group together. The trip itself was AWESOME and so much more memorable and enjoyable with the help of this lovely person and guide. Sandro made the trip most pleasant and memorable. Having been surrounded with the knowledge of area made our trip so much fun!