Cinque Terre Travel Blogs

There is always colour and light.   Black to begin with.  Or the various shades of night anyway, call it what colour you will.  White the colour of the sheets I now lazily wrestle free from on my bed.   A shade dark also my mood, our Australian co-lodger Tim having serena…

We arrived at Riomaggiore after 8pm, so all was dark.  But as soon as we stepped off the train, we could hear the surf crashing on the rocks below and see the moonlight reflecting off the water.  Awesome!  We walked through a tunnel to get into town and then up the hill to our room r…

The next day we all woke up, surprisingly sans hangovers.  Wonderful! Time to go swimming.  The geniuses in us decided that any place would be a good place to swim, so we parked our stuff near a rocky area that had lots of barnicles.  Yeah.  Not smart.  We ended up cutting …

When I reviewed the guide books on the Cinqueterre I glazed over the parts about the incredible hiking.  I love to hike, but I've done so much walking already and every town is on a hill so that's a lot of work for vacation already.When I got to the hostel I met a couple from Germany who told …

Traveled with some friends to Cinque Terre, a set of 5 small towns along the north-west coast of Italy. The towns are so close together that you can easily hike between them, enjoying spectacular views of the sea.

Once we got off the train in Cinque Terre, I immediately fell in love with the place.  The water and cliff sides were so beautiful.  We were staying in the town of Riomaggiore at the Mar Mar hostel.  We went down to the Marina for an amazing view of the sunset.  There were …

This is just the sort of idyllic coastal paradise I was imagining. My French friend Manu and I rented a double kayak at Monterosso, the 5th town, and rowed to Vernazza, the 4th town. We only encountered one other boat the entire time. It was so amazing to paddle next to the breathtaking coast. We f…

Beautiful Italy!

As early as 7 we left the hostel from Florence to Pisa to La Spezia in Linguria region north of Tuscany. It took us nearly 2 hours by train and soon after arriving we bought Cinque Terre daypass. It covers train ride to the 5 village and coastal path walk.A nature reserve moulded by man !The Cinque…

I am so glad that I was able to go to the Cinque Terre. My favorite by far was Vernazza. My dad and I actually took a train and stayed in a hotel right outside the Cinque Terre and then took a train into the cities the next morning. We only stayed a day, but it was very beautiful. We wanted to do h…

I arrived in Riomaggiore, the smallest town in Cinque Terre, yesterday afternoon and I immediately met a local on the train.  After a shower and chilling in my room with a view to die for, I met him for dinner and  tour of the city.  My view was temporary as all of us were kicked t…

So, on friday after lunch I went on my first traveling experience away from the villa. The first thing I have to say is that I packed too much and that I need a back pack immediately.  I used my dance bag and on the way to the train station in Arezzo I realized I was a big idiot for over packi…

Cinque Terre means "The Five Lands", aptly named for the five small towns that dot the coast line and are connected by several hiking paths. The towns are, in order from south to north, Riomaggiore, Maranola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. There are no cars allowed in any of the towns. I did…

The forecast was calling for sun so we were prepared with bikinis in our backpacks when we set out this morning for our last hike. I met a girl named Nicole in my hostel this morning and she decided to come along with us for the day. We went to Riomaggiore to pick up Marissa, then trained to Cornig…

We got up fairly early because we wanted to start the hike in the morning when it was relatively cool and we wouldn’t be walking in the middle of the day in the worst heat. In our house thingy there were these American guys who were also getting ready to do the hike so we all decided to do it tog…