My sister and I decided to take a 3 hour train ride from Milan on Italia Rail to Monterosso. Monterosso is one of the town that makes up Cinque Terre. We spent the day at the beach there that was absolutely stunning. If you can reserve lounge chairs ahead of time because by the time we got there (at 9:30 am) most of the lounges were already reserved.

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If you spend more time in Cinque Terre or decide not to go to the beach there are some amazing hikes that you can do!

There are so many cute restaurants to have lunch there which gorgeous beach views that I highly recommend.