Traveling around Cinque Terre in Liguria, Italy

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What better than a good weekend out of town after a week full of work?
We leave Saturday morning June 23 for the turn of Levanto, a charming town overlooking the Ligurian sea ...
Indeed, we have DECIDED to pull the plug and enjoy the beautiful Ligurian Sea, moreover, from Milan and 'even the most sea' near ...? Ultimately Levanto not 'Nothing But the village more' westerly of the famous Cinque Terre. Suspended between dream and reality, located in one of the most beautiful bays in the world, the Cinque Terre are telling their millennial history. The Cinque Terre are situated in the Levante in Liguria, five ancient villages hidden in the charming perched above the sea in a picturesque landscape unique in the world. Arrived unfortunately we see that the sea and 'very, very "angry" ... So that obviously were very large fortunes of the many surfers who had fallen into the sea ounces in search of a wave of "ride". For accommodation We decided to take a small apartment with not a few meters from the sea. Systematic home Deciding to begin the tour of the Cinque Terre. Tell her sincerely and 'a little' difficult ... you should experience them in reality 'this wonderful city, as small as features and to some extent for their stunning location right on the sea ... A few minutes 'walk from home there' the Levanto station. The best way to turn the Cinque Terre and 'Without a shadow of doubt that in a few minutes the train linking the various villages ... first village you encounter starting from Levanto and 'Monterosso.

From here we Witnessed the sunset of a thousand colors and we went walking in the typical narrow and winding in places that descend down to the sea. Walking these streets you can hear smells fantastic, unmissable on the pesto dishes of Liguria to the typical Ligurian focaccia stuffed in so many ways ... From here we take the train and 10 minutes we arrive at the next village Vernazza. The sun was down now for a while 'and was getting a pretty good breeze so he Began to feel cold. From there we descend towards the village through the typical carugi train and arrive at the harbor of Vernazza. Beautiful, in our opinion, the village of Cinque Terre most 'beautiful of all.

In addition to cold also Began to feel hungry ... Now we enter a typical seafood restaurant, inside hanging from the ceiling with fishing nets ... kitchen ... Nothing short of divine Il Gambero Rosso in Vernazza ...
Vernazza so in love with the next morning We decided to have breakfast right in the square in Vernazza and we réaffirme that even during the day and 'really beautiful. Resumed the train we continued our journey. Perched on a promontory surrounded by two lovely beaches Corniglia is reachable from the station by a staircase or by a minibus Which is shuttled between the station and the country just by moving the numerous tourists who annually visit the Cinque Terre. Continuing towards La Spezia we reach the last village Rio Maggiore omitting so 'Manarola for a simple reason. From the station via a staircase climbs to the famous Via dell a wonderful walk dug into the rock overlooking the sea that connects the village of PRECISELY Rio Maggiore to Manarola.

Along the way the rock you can see many murals and graffiti that lovers have done over the years ... each leave their name and that of his better half 'written on the rock. A photograph must be necessarily done on a chair depicting a boy and a girl behind the beautiful glimpse of the Ligurian Sea and Toward lunchtime we took the train back to point 'Western Cinque Terre Monterosso.

Here sdraiamo the sun like two lizards and decides to lunch with some very good focaccia with pesto ... very good! Now our weekend came to an end and in the late afternoon we take the train that takes us back to our starting point Levanto. Let us take the car and from here we return to Milan. Even the Cinque Terre were visited ... but surely one day we will be back for sure ...