Reviewers recommended Enjoy Cinqueterre Boat Tours and Angelo's Boat Tours. Boats leave from all of the Cinque Terre villages, except Corniglia, but they range in price and duration. For instance ...

Cinque Terre (pronounced CHINK-weh TAY-reh) – translated as five lands and also known as 5 Terre – is a collection of five towns along Northwest Italy's Ligurian Coast. Former ...

This applies to Vernazza, too, which some consider to be the most crowded town in the Cinque Terre. However, Rick Steves writes on his website that the tour groups don't stick around for long.

There are also lots of options for renting private boat tours in Cinque Terre, but the ferry will give you the same views for a much more economical price. (To be honest, we did a private boat ...