22 Charming Photos of Cinque Terre’s Riomaggiore

Riomaggiore is the easternmost of the five idyllic villages that make up Italy’s Cinque Terre. If you’re looking at Riomaggiore photos, it’ll be the one with a reddish building in the front, left of most of them!

My friends and I spent 2 full days and 3 nights exploring Cinque Terre, and I really feel like I could have spent even more! We spent the day visiting Riomaggiore, Manarola, and Corniglia, and then the second day in Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare.

They’re such beautiful villages, and there’s always something magical about being so close to the sea. I took so many photos, I wanted to make some separate posts for each village!

Riomaggiore was our first stop as we were staying in Levanto and wanted to begin with the village furthest away from us and slowly make our way west. We spent a little over an hour enjoying the town, seeing the views, and grabbing a nice, leisurely lunch around the harbor. It was delicious even if our waiter teased me about getting a caffe shakerato with pasta!

Quick Little Riomaggiore History

Depending on who you believe, this little village dates all the way back to the 700s, founded by those fleeing Byzantium. I’m not sure how true that is, but what is true is that we have evidence of settlement around the 1200s. The town was named because of the river that flows under the main street. It became know for its wines, and you can see what it would have looked like in the late 1800s thanks to the painter Telemaco Signorini.

Getting to Riomaggiore

You can get to Riomaggiore in three ways — hiking, train, or by ferry. We took the train from Levanto. The famous hiking trail between Riomaggiore and Manarola, the Via dell’Amore, was closed. Otherwise it’s supposed to be the shortest and easiest of the hikes!

Where to Stay in Riomaggiore

If you want to stay in Cinque Terre, Riomaggiore is a nice pick as it’s kind of the unofficial leader for the five villages since the main office is there. The Stellio Affittacamere – Guest House is the most highly rated. You could also go with the AWroom, Crêuza de Mä, or Alla Marina Affittacamere.

22 of My Favorite Riomaggiore Photos

And now for all the pretty Riomaggiore photos! All these villages are so pretty to photograph, it was hard narrowing them down!

Near the area where you get off the train, you’ll see these views:

pinkish pastel buildings against green hill and blue sky

Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre - some faded pinkish and yellow buildings to the backdrop of a green hill and cloudy blue sky

This is, I believe, some of the famous trail to Manarola from afar. Such a shame it was closed down for maintenance (though obviously understandable):

cliffside to the right overlooking a blue sea

cliffside to the left overlooking blue sea

Walking through to the harbor

From the train station we began to walk over to the famous harbor. This involves some navigating through the town, but it’s not a shabby walk with all these views!

angled a bit up at some pastel colored buildings -- mainly pink and yellow

little purple-ish succulent type flowers poking out from the rocks

3 signs giving directions on an orange wall - top one says "Centro passe, Village Centre", middle - "Marina, Sea Coast", and bottom - "Sentiero Panoramic, Panoramic Lane"

The Harbor at Riomaggiore

And now here’s the real gem of Riomaggiore — its harbor! These are the views you’ll usually find when people talk about the village, and sometimes when people discuss Cinque Terre in general!

image with a blue rowboat at the bottom and a yellow building up top with two orange circular floats

reddish building in riomaggiore right at edge of rocks

close up of an orange building with 9 windows set 3x3 with green shutters, between the top 2 rows is a line of laundry drying

3 boats in the water with a rocky border

side angle of buildings with the side of the reddish one the most prominent

And of course, some shots of what I ate:

Caffe Shakerato - a black iced coffee in a V-shaped wine glass

And there you have it — some Riomaggiore photos that will make you want to add Cinque Terre to your Italy bucket list if you haven’t already! Can’t wait to share the other four villages with you guys and, of course, all my Cinque Terre planing tips!

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