We're planning to visit the Cinque Terre in NE Italy in September.
Our idea is to do a leisurely drive down through France (which we have done many times before), spend time in Provence and then move east along the Med coast to Liguria. This is totally new territory for us.
The information so far suggests that taking a car right into the Cinque Terre might not be worthwhile - mountainous terrain, narrow roads and general lack of space. Mind you, we had a car for our week on the Amalfi Coast a few years ago, which was certainly a challenge, but proved very useful. I can cope with narrow roads; I'm thinking more of parking problems once we're there.
One piece of advice I have seen is to leave the car in La Spezia and use the train, which links all five towns of the Cinque Terre. However, I'm not too happy at leaving the car unattended for maybe a week.
Return would probably be via Turin. Or maybe we'll reverse the whole thing and return via Provence.
Any comments would be appreciated, particularly if you have visited the Cinque Terre.
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