Originally Posted by pawtim

I was just there a couple of weeks ago. First of all, it's a great place; my favorite place of my trip to Italy.

As for the walk, we stayed in Riomaggiore, the southernmost town. The walk to the next town is quite easy -- I'm pretty sure it would be fine for kids.

The walk between the other towns is not a "walk" but a serious hike -- I would not take kids there. At some points, there's a narrow path with a mountain on one side and a big drop-off on the other. There are signs posted along the way instructing you in the international air rescue hand signals.


We wanted to take the boat as well, but the schedule for it was not convenient. Maybe as the days get longer, the boat runs longer (I would bet it does) but when we were there this month, the last run was pretty early.

The train is great, and cheap -- I think it was 1.40 Euro each direction, hop-on hop-off in any of the towns.

Overall, it was a very fun place. All of the towns are built on the side of a mountain -- you're either walking up the mountain or down the mountain. (Afterwards we went to Venice, where everything is flat -- a nice change!)

Also, I echo what someone else about leaving your car, if you have one, someplace else. The place is made for walking. Tourists are discouraged from bringing cars. We brought a car -- against advice -- and had to pay to garage it for the two days of our stay. Would have been better to take the train in.