Best things to do in Monterosso al Mare

Monterosso al Mare Must-Sees

Monterosso al Mare, the largest village of the Cinque Terre, is split into the newer Fegina district by the station and the medieval old town. Highlights include the striped Church of San Giovanni Battista, the Capuchin church of San Francesco on San Cristoforo hill, the long Fegina beach with the 14-metre Giant statue, the Aurora Tower above the old harbour, and the ruins of the Sant'Antonio hermitage on the trail to Punta Mesco.

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Monterosso al Mare Beaches

Three stripes of white sands enveloped by the azure sea - just pick whichever one you like.

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

Monterosso's medieval parish church, built between 1282 and 1307, with a striped marble facade, a marble rose window and a square crenellated bell tower.

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Gigante

A 14-metre concrete figure of Neptune by Arrigo Minerbi at the western end of Fegina beach, once part of the early-20th-century Villa Pastine and damaged by war and storms.

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Chiesa di San Francesco

Capuchin church consecrated in 1623 on San Cristoforo hill, holding a Crucifixion attributed to Van Dyck and works by Ligurian painters.

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Torre Aurora

A 16th-century Genoese watchtower on the cliff between the old town and Fegina, built against pirate raids and now home to a terrace bar.

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Spiaggia di Fegina

The long beach of Fegina by the railway station, the largest stretch of sand in the Cinque Terre, with both free and paid sections.

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Eremo di Sant'Antonio del Mesco

Ruins of a medieval hermitage church at about 311 m on the wooded trail to Punta Mesco, with views along the coast from Portofino to the Cinque Terre.