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About Monterosso al Mare
Monterosso al Mare is the largest of the Cinque Terre villages and the one with the deepest layers of history — a medieval core wrapped around the ruins of a Genoese castle, a Capuchin monastery perched above the sea, and a parish church whose black-and-white striped facade has watched over the harbour since the 14th century. Approaching it by water, as traders and pilgrims once did, is the most historically honest way to arrive, and several small-group excursions make that possible, including the Cinque Terre Small Group Tour from Lucca by Minivan with Ferry/Train, which combines overland
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Monterosso rewards travellers who look beyond the beach. Its medieval borgo, the ruined Castello dei Fieschi, the Capuchin monastery with its collection of art and relics, and the church of San Giovanni Battista give the village a layered past that the other Cinque Terre hamlets lack.
