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How much does a trip to the Cinque Terre cost?

What a trip to the Cinque Terre costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in the Cinque Terre come to €61 – €110 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

Full Cinque Terre guide

Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Local food, public transport and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€850 – €1,600

≈ $960 – $1,800 · rate of October 16, 2026

€61 – €110 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€850 – €1,600
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,600
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€120
10% of the trip
  • Food€360 – €540
  • Getting around€130 – €840
  • Sights and activities€140 – €210
  • Nights out€32 – €80
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€32 – €79

Of that, in cash: €14 – €140

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in the Cinque Terre costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€51 – €100 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€26 – €39
Getting aroundPublic transport
€9.60 – €60.00
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€5.00 – €7.50
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.00 – €5.30

Mid-range

€61 – €110 per person per day

Local food, public transport and one paid sight a day.

FoodLocal and cheap
€26 – €39
Getting aroundPublic transport
€9.60 – €60.00
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€10 – €15
Nights outNow and then
€2.30 – €5.70
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.30 – €5.70

Comfort

€110 – €160 per person per day

The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€54 – €77
Getting aroundPublic transport
€9.60 – €60.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€20 – €30
Nights outNow and then
€2.30 – €5.70
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.20 – €8.30

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in the Cinque Terre

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€150 – €310
€51 – €100 a day		€180 – €340
€62 – €110 a day		€320 – €490
€110 – €160 a day
5€250 – €510
€51 – €100 a day		€300 – €560
€60 – €110 a day		€530 – €810
€110 – €160 a day
7€350 – €720
€51 – €100 a day		€430 – €790
€61 – €110 a day		€750 – €1,100
€110 – €160 a day
10€510 – €1,000
€51 – €100 a day		€610 – €1,100
€61 – €110 a day		€1,100 – €1,600
€110 – €160 a day
14€710 – €1,400
€51 – €100 a day		€850 – €1,600
€61 – €110 a day		€1,500 – €2,300
€110 – €160 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in the Cinque Terre

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Coffee, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€1.00From the source Nov 2026
Espresso, Fast (Monterosso)€1.50From the source Nov 2026
Cappuccino, Fast (Monterosso)€2.50From the source Nov 2026
Focaccia, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€2.50From the source Nov 2026
Vegetable pie, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€5.00From the source Nov 2026
Filled focaccia, Il Pirata (Vernazza)€10.00From the source Nov 2026
Trofie (short twisted pasta) with pesto, Il Pirata (Vernazza)€16.00From the source Nov 2026
Service charge, Il Pirata (Vernazza)€2.00From the source Nov 2026
Anchovies, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€16.00From the source Nov 2026
Monterosso anchovies, L'Ancora della Tortuga€18.00From the source Nov 2026
Pasta with pesto, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€20.00From the source Nov 2026
Spaghetti with anchovies, L'Ancora della Tortuga (Monterosso)€22.00From the source Nov 2026
Draught beer (0.2 l), Fast (Monterosso)€4.00From the source Nov 2026
Draught beer (0.4 l), Fast (Monterosso)€6.00From the source Nov 2026
Glass of Cinque Terre DOC wine, Fast (Monterosso)€6.00From the source Nov 2026
Glass of Cinque Terre white wine, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)€7.00From the source Nov 2026
Getting around
Train between villages, single ticket (winter – peak days)€2.40 – €10.00From the source Nov 2026
Cinque Terre Card with train, 1 day (winter – peak days)€17.30 – €35.00From the source Nov 2026
Cinque Terre Card with train, 2 days (winter – peak days)€29.00 – €61.00From the source Nov 2026
Cinque Terre Card with train, 3 days (winter – peak days)€34.00 – €81.00From the source Nov 2026
Sights
Cinque Terre Trekking Card, 1 day (standard – peak weekends)€10.00 – €15.00From the source Nov 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Coffee, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Focaccia, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Vegetable pie, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) (€8.50) to Cappuccino, Fast (Monterosso) + Focaccia, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Vegetable pie, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Filled focaccia, Il Pirata (Vernazza) (€20.00).
Local and cheap
From Coffee, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Focaccia, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Trofie (short twisted pasta) with pesto, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Service charge, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Draught beer (0.2 l), Fast (Monterosso) (€25.50) to Cappuccino, Fast (Monterosso) + Filled focaccia, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Trofie (short twisted pasta) with pesto, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Service charge, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Draught beer (0.2 l), Fast (Monterosso) × 2 (€38.50).
Restaurants most of the time
From Espresso, Fast (Monterosso) + Filled focaccia, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Service charge, Il Pirata (Vernazza) × 2 + Anchovies, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Trofie (short twisted pasta) with pesto, Il Pirata (Vernazza) + Glass of Cinque Terre DOC wine, Fast (Monterosso) (€53.50) to Cappuccino, Fast (Monterosso) + Pasta with pesto, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) + Monterosso anchovies, L'Ancora della Tortuga + Spaghetti with anchovies, L'Ancora della Tortuga (Monterosso) + Glass of Cinque Terre white wine, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore) × 2 (€76.50).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at €17.30: it pays off from 8 rides a day at €2.40 each.
  • 2-day pass at €29.00: it pays off from 7 rides a day at €2.40 each.
  • 3-day pass at €34.00: it pays off from 5 rides a day at €2.40 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

    • €3.00 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Only the first 3 nights are charged.
    • Under-10s don't pay.

Which area to stay in the Cinque Terre: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in the Cinque Terre, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €28 – €38 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: €17 – €19 less per person per day.
  • “Anchovies, A Pié de Mà (Riomaggiore)” (€16.00) instead of “Monterosso anchovies, L'Ancora della Tortuga” (€18.00): €2.00 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (€17.30) on fewer than 8 rides of €2.40 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in the Cinque Terre

How much money do you need for a week in the Cinque Terre?

For seven days, €430 – €790 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in the Cinque Terre?

For 3 days, €180 – €340 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included.

What is a realistic daily budget in the Cinque Terre?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €51 – €100 on the “Budget” style, €61 – €110 on the “Mid-range” style, and €110 – €160 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to the Cinque Terre on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €51 – €100 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in the Cinque Terre?

From €8.50 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to €77 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in the Cinque Terre?

A ride on public transport costs €2.40 – €10.00. The 1-day pass costs €17.30 and pays off from 8 rides a day at €2.40 each.

Is there a lodging tax in the Cinque Terre?

Yes: €3.00 per person per night. Only the first 3 nights are charged. Under-10s don't pay.

How much cash should you carry in the Cinque Terre?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €6.90 – €72.00 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in the Cinque Terre?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in the Cinque Terre?

Restaurants: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

The rest of the Cinque Terre

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