Protect the Cinque Terre Program

Program Dates

All dates below are Friday - Monday.
Participants are expected to arrive Friday, but the official program begins Saturday morning.

June 2009 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday).
Mininum = 10 person for each day - Maximum = 20 person for each day

September 2009 "Wine Harvest Program" (Saturday, Sunday, Monday).
Mininum = 10 person for each day - Maximum = 20 person for each day

October 2009 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday).
Mininum = 10 person for each day - Maximum = 20 person for each day

Send me an email if you like to organize a special program

June 2009
Daily Program

Please arrange to arrive one evening/day prior to day 1 (lodging will be included for that evening)
Day 1
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Repairing stone walls and cleaning the ancient paths and terraces around Vernazza togheter local people.
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.30	Free time
17.30	Meeting with the vice major of the Municipality of Vernazza
17.30 - 20.00	Historical guided tour with information on the village of Vernazza: its castle, church, history, architecture, and cantinas. Followed by aperitif of local wine and snacks
20.00 - 22.00	Farmer's dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Cinqueterre: olives, deep-fried pumpkin flowers, pasta with oregano and tomato, trenette al pesto, tegame di verdure ripiene, cheeses, salad, frittata with vegetables, fruit and local wine
22.30	Good night!

Day 2
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Repairing stone walls and cleaning the ancient terraces around Vernazza
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.30	Free time
17.30	Departure from Vernazza to Riomaggiore along the coast of the Cinque Terre by boat: cliffs, terraces and vineyards seen from the sea . Walk from Riomaggiore to Manarola on the Via dell'Amore
19.30	Sunset aperitif and dinner in Manarola
20.00 - 22.00	Fisherman's dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Manarola: fried stuffed anchovies, lemon-marinated fresh anchovies, troffie with pesto (native to Liguria), ravioli with fish sauce, stuffed mussels; salad, fruit and local wine
23.30	Return to Vernazza by train
Day 3
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Repairing stone walls and cleaning the ancient terraces around Vernazza
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.00	Free time
17.30	Departure from Vernazza to Corniglia by train.
18.00	Departure from Corniglia to Vernazza along the coast of the Cinque Terre by walk.
20.00 - 22.00	Ancient dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Cinqueterre: pansotti al sugo di noci, local vegetable soup, Ligurian stuffed vegetables (beetroots, zucchini, onions), skillet of Vernazza (anchovies baked with potatoes and tomato sauce), salad, fruit and local wine
22.30	Good night

September, October 2009
Daily Program

Day 1
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Wine harvest around Vernazza
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.00	Free time
17.00	Meeting with the vice major of the Municipality of Vernazza
17.00 - 19.00	Historical guided tour with information on the village of Vernazza: its castle, church, history, architecture, and cantinas. Followed by aperitif of local wine and snacks
20.00 - 22.00	Farmer's dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Cinqueterre: olives, deep-fried pumpkin flowers, pasta with oregano and tomato, trenette al pesto, tegame di verdure ripiene, cheeses, salad, frittata with vegetables, fruit and local wine
22.30	Good night!

Day 2
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Wine harvest around Vernazza
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.30	Free time
17.30	Departure from Vernazza to Riomaggiore along the coast of the Cinque Terre by boat: cliffs, terraces and vineyards seen from the sea . Walk from Riomaggiore to Manarola on the Via dell'Amore
19.30	Sunset aperitif and dinner in Manarola
20.00 - 22.00	Fisherman's dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Cinqueterre: fried stuffed anchovies, lemon-marinated fresh anchovies, troffie with pesto (native to Liguria), ravioli with fish sauce, stuffed mussels; salad, fruit and local wine
23.30	Return to Vernazza by train
Day 3
08.00 - 08.30	Breakfast of fine Italian pastry and coffee
08.30 - 12.30	Wine harvest around Vernazza
12.30 - 13.00	Break for freshly baked local focaccia
13.00 - 17.00	Free time
17.30	Departure from Vernazza to Monterosso along the coast of the Cinque Terre by walk.
19.00	Monterosso: unforgettable aperitive
20.00 - 22.00	Ancient dinner at one of the most famous restaurant of Cinqueterre: pansotti al sugo di noci, local vegetable soup, Ligurian stuffed vegetables (beetroots, zucchini, onions), skillet of Vernazza (anchovies baked with potatoes and tomato sauce), salad, fruit and local wine
22.30	Good night

Program Dates

June 2009 Daily Program

September, October 2009 Daily Program

June 2009
Daily Program

September, October 2009
Daily Program