The Cinque Terre tops the list of the world's most Instagrammed villages

A view of Riomaggiore, one of the villages in the Cinque Terre in Italy. — AFP Relaxnews

Perched in the Italian Riviera not far from Genoa, the Cinque Terre is a group of five villages in a national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. According to an international listing established by Farawayfurniture.com, it is the most "Instagrammed" village destination in the world, with more than two million pictures.

Travelers who post pictures on Instagram are very fond of Italian villages. The country has no less than three destinations in the top 10 of a ranking of the most-Instagrammed travel destinations. The rugged coastline of the Cinque Terre, now a destination for mass tourism, has an overall total of 2,049,711 hashtags.