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Area Information : Manarola is the second village of the Cinque Terre coming from the south. It is a picturesque historical village with pastel coloured houses, small streets and stairways and a little harbour for the fishermen\'s boats. Manarola has a railway station, which is reachable in only two minutes from the centre crossing a tunnel. In the village there are groceries, which are open from Monday to Saturday from 7.30 a.m. till 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. till 7.30 p.m. In the high season they open also on Sunday morning. Further there are a newspaper\'s shop, where also travel guides and maps are sold, a tabacco shop, a post office and several restaurants where the local pasta and seafood specialities are served, small bars. Manarola has also a boat\'s stop where the ferries stop which are running in the Cinque Terre between Portovenere and Monterosso (in the Summertime also to Levanto and Portofino). There are some beautiful places to swim on the rocky coast with comfortable stairways. The sea invites because of its rich biodiversity and the mostly clear water to enjoy snorkelling tours. The most famous footpath of the Cinque Terre is the Via dell\'Amore which connects Manarola with Riomaggiore, the first village of the Cinque Terre. But there are many other very beautiful hiking paths starting from Manarola, which invites you to enjoy the beauty of the Cinque Terre by foot.

Transport system : To turn back there are fast and easy train connections from every village of the Cinque Terre. On the upper entrance of Manarola there is the public parking (on payment), more outside of the village there are also some free parking places. The most of the Cinque Terre visitors don\'t use the car for exploring the Cinque Terre because of the very convenient connections with public transports. Therefore we suggest you to arrive directly by train in case this compatible with your travel plans. In this connection we want to inform you that the nearest airports to the Cinque Terre are Pisa and Genova. Both are reachable from the Cinque Terre in only 1,5 hours by train. Some of the most popular Low-cost-airlines are arriving there: Ryanair, Hapag Lloyd Express and others.