Because the nearby Cinque Terre villages are such crowd-pullers ... residential neighborhoods and sample some of the best food in Italy including the local pesto and focaccia bread.

At only about 15 square miles, the Parco Nazionale Cinque Terre is one of the smallest national parks in Italy but with a population ... the views, the food and the people, but also cautioned ...

Courtesy of d!g!tALE by Alessandro Ciabini|Getty Images Cinque Terre is made up of five different towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Monterosso al Mare and Vernazza – each with their own ...