Sentiero AVG5T detto anche Sentiero dell'infinito

This guide to the Sentiero dell'Infinito above Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre follows the legend of Maria del Paladino, a girl who said she saw the Virgin Mary on this ridge in 790, and the sanctuary of Montenero built where it happened. It traces how villagers are said to have buried the sacred image to hide it from raiders, and what turned up on the hillside after a century underground. You'll walk the same path pilgrims still use every Easter Monday, past vineyards and olive terraces with Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto scattered in the sea below. There's no road here, only the trail locals call the way of infinity.