The Cinque Terre National Park has approved a special intervention plan for its approximately 130-kilometer network of hiking trails, one of Italy’s most precious natural and cultural treasures. The comprehensive plan entails a total investment of over 1.2 million euros.
Alongside the routine maintenance performed by its trail crews, the Park has designed and funded a targeted package of actions. These measures aim to mitigate geo-hydrological risk, recover, and enhance the trails to improve their accessibility and preserve their iconic stonework, a defining feature of the Cinque Terre’s cultural landscape.
The extraordinary interventions will focus on strategic paths essential for “slow mobility” and those of significant historical and monumental value. These trails unite scenic quality, biodiversity, and stretches characterized by traditional cultivations like vines, olive trees, and citrus groves.
In a separate action, the Park has allocated over 216,000 euros to co-finance, alongside the La Spezia municipality, the design and implementation of risk-mitigation work on the path connecting Fossola to Monesteroli. This trail, of great landscape value, has been affected by critical issues due to collapses and landslides. This commitment will now allow the project to move to the executive phase once technical approvals are obtained, followed by a public tender for the work.
According to the Park President, Lorenzo Viviani, “The trails are the lifeblood of the landscape: if they are healthy, the entire organism functions. This is based on solid organization, expertise, and careful risk prevention through targeted and planned interventions, both short and long-term. This is made possible thanks to resources from tourism, particularly from the sale of the Cinque Terre Card.”
“In this way, we can reduce future maintenance costs and continue to guarantee a world-recognized excellence,” Viviani stated restrict.