HOW TO ARRIVE TO MANAROLA
Getting to Manarola by car
Manarola is the second of the Cinque Terre coming from La Spezia. Arriving by car is not particularly complicated even if the problem is to park the car.
The motorway exit is La Spezia-Santo Stefano Magra, at the confluence of the A12 Genoa-Livorno with the A15 Parma-La Spezia. Leaving the toll booth, take the left following the signs towards La Spezia, entering the SS 370. In a few kilometers you are in the city, entering Via Carducci, which you go through until you turn left onto Viale Italia. Here we find the first brown signs pointing towards the Cinque Terre. Viale Italia ends in front of the arsenal, then follow the road that turns right onto Viale Amendola. At the traffic light, take the left, always following the signs, on Via Fieschi, SP530, pass the football stadium and always following the road continue straight uphill along the Via delle Cinque Terre, which in just over 14 km takes you comfortably in Manarola, passing Riomaggiore.
As mentioned, it is not easy to find a place in the only parking in Manarola.
Average travel times from Manarola to other villages by car:
Manarola - La Spezia: 30 minutes, 17.5 km
Manarola - Riomaggiore: 15 minutes, 6 km
Manarola - Corniglia: 22 minutes, 12 km
Manarola - Vernazza: 22 minutes, 11 km
Manarola - Monterosso: 40 minutes, 22 km
Manarola - Levanto: 42 minutes, 25 km
Other average travel times to the main locations, kilometer distance, estimated motorway toll cost, estimated fuel cost:
- Milan (center) -Manarola: 3 hours, 235 km, toll 22 euros, fuel 28 euros
- Turin (center) -Manarola: 3 hours and 45 minutes, 277 km, toll 22 euros, fuel 30 euros
- Genoa-Manarola: 1 hour and 50 minutes, 103 km, toll 7 euros, fuel 13 euros
- Pisa-Manarola: 1 hour and 20 minutes, 90 km, toll 7 euros, fuel 10 euros
- Florence-Manarola: 2 hours, 160 km, toll € 14, fuel € 17
- Bologna-Manarola: 2 hours and 45 minutes, 240 km, toll 21 euros, fuel 24 euros
- Venice-Manarola: 4 hours and 30 minutes, 390 km, toll 33 euros, fuel 37 euros
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Getting to Manarola by train
As always in the Cinque Terre, the train is the best means of transport. The station is in the village, connected by a tunnel that reaches the center of the village. The line is the Genoa-La Spezia.
Average travel times from Manarola to other villages by train:
Manarola - La Spezia: 11 minutes
Manarola - Riomaggiore: 3 minutes
Manarola - Corniglia: 3 minutes
Manarola - Vernazza: 7 minutes
Manarola - Monterosso: 11 minutes
Manarola - Levanto: 16 minutes
Other average travel times to the main locations:
- Milano Centrale-Manarola: 3 hours and 35 minutes (one change in Sestri Levante)
- Turin Porta Nuova-Manarola: 3 hours and 45 minutes (one change in La Spezia Centrale or Genova Brignole)
- Genova Brignole-Manarola: 1 hour and 45 minutes (direct)
- Pisa airport-Manarola: 1 hour and 45 minutes (two changes in Pisa Centrale and La Spezia Centrale)
- Florence Santa Maria Novella-Manarola: 2 hours and 35 minutes (two changes in Pisa Centrale and La Spezia Centrale)
- Bologna Centrale-Manarola: 3 hours and 35 minutes (three changes to Florence Santa Maria Novella, Pisa Centrale and La Spezia Centrale) or 4 hours and 3 minutes (two changes in Parma and La Spezia Centrale)
- Venice Santa Lucia-Manarola: 6 hours (three changes in Bologna Centrale, Parma and La Spezia Centrale)
Train timetable for Manarola
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Getting to Manarola by plane
The closest airport is in Pisa, about 100 km, from where you can take the train as in the option above or rent a car following the previous directions. Or Genoa airport, about 130 km from Manarola, a two-hour drive along the A10 Genoa-Ventimiglia, A7 Milan-Genoa and A12 Genoa-Livorno, and then proceed as indicated. By train it is necessary to go to Genova Brignole from the airport.
For those arriving further away, the best-served airport is Milan Malpensa, about 300 km away, 3 and a half hours.
By train, on the other hand, a bus service or the Malpensa Express train takes you to the central station.
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