We have studied the transport and magnetic properties of strongly textured metal/insulator La 1−x Sr x MnO 3 (x=0.4,0.1) bilayers and trilayers, grown by DC magnetron sputtering over MgO and SrTiO 3 substrates. The multilayers present transport properties similar to those of the La 0.6 Sr 0.4 MnO 3 films, being very sensitive to deposition conditions. Magnetic multilayers show a metal–insulator transition around T c (∼250K) and colossal magnetoresistance which is maximum around T c . No extrinsic magnetoresistance associated with the multilayered structure was observed, probably due to the presence of ferromagnetic coupling between the metallic layers, as suggested by magnetization measurements.