Cinque Terre Bike Tours

From the French border to Tuscany, Liguria spans the sunny coast of the Ligurian Sea. Its principal city, Genoa, evokes a spirit of commerce lent by medieval mariners who sought to establish a Mediterranean trading empire. But its heart is the Cinque Terre, five villages of sun-faded pastel homes cozied up against terraced vineyards and sided by the steep coast. Whether cycling inland or along the sea, the Italian Riviera still echoes with the customs of fisherman who first occupied these villages and the sense of isolation from when only a single mule track—today a hiking trail—connected them.