Backpack: Two Days by Rail From Paris to the Cinque Terre of Liguria
No direct train links Paris to Cinque Terre, and that turns out to be the appeal rather than the obstacle. A two-day rail itinerary through the Alps to Italy's most photographed coastline, arriving in Vernazza with nothing but a backpack. Find out what to pack light and what to eat in Vernazza.
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There is no direct train from Paris to the Cinque Terre, and once the journey is underway, that absence stops feeling like an inconvenience. It becomes the point. The route runs south-east out of Paris Gare de Lyon, climbs into the foothills of the Alps, crosses into Italy and only then turns toward the coast, arriving eventually at a string of five villages so compact that cars were never really invited in the first place. It is a journey best taken slowly, in the middle of what European rail is calling its biggest year of expansion in decades, with new night trains and high-speed links reshaping the map on either side of this particular route.
The route
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