The most popular - and obvious - hike in the Cinque Terre is the Sentiero Azzurro, or Blue Trail, that stretches 12km along the coast. Hiking the Blue Trail is one of the most popular things to do in Cinque Terre and thus is full of tourists, but it's understandable - the views and the trails are breathtakingly beautiful at every step and stage of the hike. What some of the many tourists who go there don't realize, or bother to find out, is that there are many other hiking trails up behind the villages, and getting off the beaten path in the Cinque Terre is easy and rewarding.