Monterosso al Mare is the most densely populated village and the last of Cinque Terre.
The village is divided in new town (where the railway station is located) and old town (where you can find the old fishermen’s houses, shops and restaurants), separated from the first one with a gallery dug in the mountain and from the Aurora Tower, on the San Cristoforo hill.
In the new town, Fegina, there are sandy beaches and beach resorts –unlike the narrow small ports of the other villages. The village has a beautiful boardwalk skirted by shops and small seafood restaurants.
The walk carries on on one side up to a rock spur, on which a statue of Neptune, called the Giant, has been carved, and on the other side, to the old town and historical centre, where we discover the most peculiar features of the five villages: colourful tower-houses, Carrugi (narrow streets), and the ruins of the ancient Orbetello castle, almost on the sea.
