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Start from Monterosso station.
(S) From the station, head towards the seafront and follow the path as close to the sea as possible towards the headland, passing beneath the Aurora Tower.
(1) Walk up the main street (Via Roma) and reach a car park entrance on the right-hand side as you leave the village, just before a right-hand bend.
(2) Take the steps, path no. 509, opposite the car park, which climbs towards Madonna di Soviore to the left of the main street. On the climb, take a narrow lane and turn immediately after a bend to the right. Leave this lane after the next right-hand bend and continue left along the signposted path.
(3) Cross the main road and continue uphill along path no. 509, which passes in front of a shrine, to the shrine of Madonna di Soviore.
(4) Walk along the south-west side of the Madonna di Soviore and follow path no. 591. Join the SP38 road and follow it to the right for 800 m to the Passo del Termine.
(5) At the road junction, follow the AV5T ridge path towards Sella (blocked by two concrete blocks).
(6) At the junction of marked paths, head slightly to the right and climb for about 300 m to Monte Santa Croce (the highest point of the hike).
(7) Descend back to the previous junction.
(6) Follow the AV5T to the right towards Foce di Drignana.
(8) At the road junction, take the road downhill to the right, then the first left. At the next crossroads, turn right. Follow the road for about 900 m.
(9) After a left-hand bend in the road, take the path marked no. 508 on the left towards Madonna di Reggio, then head down towards Vernazza (roadworks in progress – see practical information). Cross the road and head down towards the Madonna di Reggio sanctuary.
(10) Walk past the main façade of the sanctuary and through its grounds to take thefirst path on the right (marked No. 508) to reach Vernazza station (E).
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