==No access for autos? Really?== 

 The article states, "Paths, trains and boats connect the villages and cars can not reach it from the outside." Has this changed in recent years? My wife and I drove into Riomaggiore in 2005. There was a train from La Spezia into the area, but, unless this has changed since then, it would probably be more accurate to say something like, "...and tourist cars cannot readily pass between the villages."