B&B Villa Pietra Fiore Monterosso
Localita PIETRAFIORE Monterosso, Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, 19106, Italy
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When in Rome, Venice, Florence, etc...
... were next... if you can climb it, climb it. We finished off with the Pantheon (still my favourite building in the world, Aya Sophia a close second) and Piazza Navona.
Day 2 involved a very rushed visit to the Colosseum (tip: do NOT pay for a guided tour), truncated trip to the Forum (see above tip), Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain (Sam's favourite).
We also ate a lot of food and drank some wine.
Next stop, Venice. Nothing is like ...
382 steps up - worth the climb?
... few steps further lands you in the main square, from where you can pretty much see the whole town. Not much in the way of shops or restaurants, and a few signs for accommodation so if you decided to stay I could see it being very quiet.
Also being 400 steps from the sea would make a quick dip out of the question.
Returned to the station via the 382 steps on the sign. Probably a quicker route than via the road, and with a continuous view of the great ...
Cinque Terra in La Spezia
... br>
I eventually made my way to Manarola which was just as gorgeous as Riomaggiore. It seemed slightly bigger with just afew more shops and restaurants, and the main street is filled with covered little boats that seem to never actually go ...
Day trip to Camporgiano
... have to have a main street named 'Via Garibaldi???
The town is set well up on a hill (mountain) and has glorious view of the valley …across the other side to another settlement that we had no idea what it was…to mountains on two sides reaching up to the sky (not much snow…but some)…it was very beautiful indeed.
We continued our way for the next hour or so walking up and down the streets
and taking many snaps…it was at this point that ...
Exploring the Italian Riviera.....
... I explained how to use the small scroll wheel to change aperture and shutter settings in “Program” mode. This led to a further discussion of ISO settings and depth-of-field, but at that point I felt I was “pushing their limits” so I left the tutorial at that.
I was very tired and hot when I finally arrived in Vernazza, which I hadn’t expected as I had remembered that hike to be easier. As on the last occasion when I ...


