B&B Marisa Monterosso
Via Molinelli 24 Monterosso, Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, 19016, Italy
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When in Rome, Venice, Florence, etc...
Heading back to Italy, where I first really fell in love with travel, was something I'd been looking forward to for a long time. I was a little nervous, too, because maybe I'd talked it up too much to Sam.
Nope. Still love it. And it taught Sam a few things too, most importantly that wine by the carafe is a wonderful thing. Oh yeah, and then there's the food...
We had 2 weeks of le dolce vita, kicking off in the Eternal City. Rome's chaos called to us after a catch ...
382 steps up - worth the climb?
Corniglia might be the least visited of the Cinque Terre, simply because it requires an investment in effort to get there, and it is away from the sea.
When you arrive by train (and it has to be the best piece of seaside to be used solely for a train station) all you can see if the back edge of the town clinging to the steep hillside above.
But take the effort to climb up and you get to see something a little different to the other Cinque Terre towns. ...
Cinque Terra in La Spezia
... through the town taking millions of photos at the tiny 'harbour’ with a view of the old, thin, colourful houses that are towered upon each other on the cliffs over the sea.
After about an hour I began the ...
Exploring the Italian Riviera.....
... water dishes using the large bottle I had bought. When I continued on my hike, I noticed that there’s a small stream nearby, so they probably have a ready supply of water available (that was one detail I’d forgotten about). I doubt that it freezes here in the winter, so they probably always have water available.
When I reached the famous vantage point above Vernazza where numerous photos have been taken, I waited my turn to occupy the best ...
My return to the land of Pesto and Sciachetra.....
... that my memory wasn’t correct on a few details, so I wanted to correct that. It was also a good time to get photos, as the light and shadows were still reasonably good. I walked down to the end of the “New Town” and then back towards the “Old Town” or "Centro Storico" where my Hotel is located.
Along the way I spoke with several other tourists and eventually ran into a small group from Montana & Oregon. The two women ...

