# Consorzio Marittimo Turistico Cinque Terre – Golfo dei Poeti

Boat en La Spezia

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/navigazione-golfo-dei-poeti

## Who they are

The Consorzio Marittimo Turistico Cinque Terre – Golfo dei Poeti brings together the shipowners who run the tourist boats from the Gulf of La Spezia to the Cinque Terre. Its origin, according to the company itself, is in April 1980, when a group of partners put their boats into service to run seasonal tourist lines under the name Navigazione Golfo dei Poeti. Later the Battellieri del Golfo and the Navigazione Ligure Tirrenica, which runs the lines from the Versilia, joined, and in 2000 the consortium was born. It has its registered office in Monterosso and is managed from La Spezia.

It is a company of seafaring people: according to La Nazione, about a hundred families live off it, and in 2025 it carried 384,000 passengers to the Cinque Terre. The president of the Navigazione Golfo dei Poeti cooperative is Alessandro Sbrana.

## The fleet

It sails with about 18 boats, which it is gradually renewing. The newest is the motor vessel Sciacchetrà, in service since July 2025, with capacity for about 500 passengers and engines with IMO Tier II emissions certification; it replaced an old boat on the lines from La Spezia, Lerici and the Versilia to the Cinque Terre. The latest investments have been to change the engines of the motor vessels Monterosso and Trei Fre.

## The lines

The one most used by travellers is line 02, which links La Spezia, Lerici and Portovenere with Riomaggiore, Manarola, Vernazza and Monterosso, and continues to Levanto. Corniglia has no landing stage, because the village is high on a cliff. The consortium's lines cover the coast from Viareggio, in Tuscany, to Moneglia, on the Riviera di Levante.

The line operates in season, from spring to autumn. In winter the consortium has tried a service between La Spezia, Vernazza and Monterosso, but it is not fixed. Timetables change with the season; always check the day's timetable on the website or at the ticket offices.

## Tickets

It sells single-journey tickets and day tickets, with free hopping on and off at the villages on the line. They are bought online or at the landing-stage ticket offices. The prices of what we list are in the offers on this page.

## Tips

The boat is the loveliest way to see the Cinque Terre: the villages are better understood from the sea, hanging over the rocks. But it depends on the sea: in a heavy swell calls or whole lines are suspended, and then you have to go back by train. If you are short of time, combine a boat on the way there and a train on the way back. For questions, the phone is +39 0187 732987.

Ask at the ticket office about the rules for dogs, bikes and luggage, and what happens to your ticket if a line is suspended because of the sea: we have not been able to confirm those conditions on the consortium's website.

## What they run

- [Line 02 Boat Between Portovenere and Monterosso](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/liguria/cinque-terre/things-to-do/cinque-terre-boat), in Cinque Terre. Line 02 Cinque Terre, day ticket or single-journey ticket. Stops at Riomaggiore, Manarola, Vernazza and Monterosso, and links with La Spezia, Lerici, Portovenere and Levanto. The day ticket allows unlimited hopping on and off. Bought at the quay ticket offices or on the website up to the day before

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Phone: +39 0187 732987

## Contact

- Web: https://www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it/
- Coordenadas: 44.103, 9.824