Why Riomaggiore Is My Fave Cinque Terre Town | One Girl, Whole World onegirlwholeworld.com

Riomaggiore has always been my favorite town to use as a base in Cinque Terre. What to do in Riomaggiore & tips for planning your visit!

My love affair with Riomaggiore goes WAY back. The summer after my sophomore year of college I studied abroad in Florence with a language immersion program. It was amazing, and on our first weekend there my roommate, four other classmates, and I took the train up to Cinque Terre.

This was before you could just use the internet to find things (or before smartphones were a glimmer in anyone’s eye), so we got to Riomaggiore, split up and took different jobs—finding an apartment, groceries, guard the luggage, etc.

We spent the most amazing weekend based in Riomaggiore hiking the trails between the towns, eating amazing food, visiting the famous nude beach (story for another time), and climbing out on the giant rocks in the marina to watch the sunset. Riomaggiore has had a giant piece of my heart ever since.