Cinque Terre, Italy Travel Blogs

A Slice of Italy
Apr 18, 2006 (125 photos)

... and olive groves on the rocky hills above the towns. It was difficult, but the views were beautiful. Getting to our Cinque Terre town - Vernazza - was a bit of an adventure as well. One access road was closed due to being washed out during the ...

"Wish You Were Here II"
Jun 5, 2007 (9 photos)

... photographs but perfect for walking. We bought our two-day pass that gives us access to the walking trails of the Cinque Terre National Park and unlimited rides on the trains connecting and the 'environmentally friendly' buses within the villages. The ...

"Little Cloud"
Jun 6, 2007 (5 photos)

A train today from one end of the Cinque Terre to the other - Monterosso - the largest and most commercialised of the five villages. It also boasts a beach although not a beach as we would consider it! The end with the smaller rocks and pebbles was roped ...

Buono Pasqua
Apr 9, 2007

The Cinque Terre or the 5 lands in English.  Beautiful, quaint fishing villages clinging to the side of the sheer rock faces as the Mediterranean gentle laps the base of those cliffs.  Over-run with American tourists but also a fave for Italians ...

Cinque Terre
Aug 6, 2007 (15 photos)

30th July - 1st August 2007. Cinque Terre is one of Italy's main drawcards, and is famous for the five small villages that are perched on the cliffs of a small stretch of coastline in the west of Italy. Cliffside villages and campgrounds don't go ...

Pisa and Cinque Terre
Mar 26, 2006 (15 photos)

... got the apartment. I start Italian lessons tomorrow morning, and move into the apartment in the afternoon. The sisters, Adele and Elena, seem really nice. I spent the weekend hiking between the villages in Cinque Terre, and stopped off in Pisa on the way.

Cinque Terror..
Apr 29, 2008 (12 photos)

<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)>   - Man, GTA:IV comes out today... to those of you playing it, you bastards! I plan to get a copy in London... none of this censored crap that Australia will get at ...

"Bat Out of Hell"
Jun 4, 2007 (5 photos)

... and pop out on the side of a cliff with the Ligurian Sea twinkling below. Riomaggiore is the southern most of five villages - the Cinque Terre - that cling to the cliffs and are connected by train, ferry and walking trails. The town itself is a maze of ...

ciao d'Italia
May 7, 2004 (3 photos)

... train to Monterosso and found a place to stay. It's right on the ocean with cliffs rising behind it. I plan on hiking around the Cinque Terre trail the next day or two, though part of it is closed. Hopefully, the weather will be ok and I can get some good ...

Pisa Overrated Crap
Apr 28, 2008 (8 photos)

... a half hours to La Spezia, then we had to catch the small regional train to Vernazza, one of the 5 villages in the Cinque Terre.   While waiting at the station, I got talking to 2 American couples who were also doing the backpacking thing - ...

Cinque Terre Continued
Sep 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... the view of the waves breaking on the cliffs below. I walked the two easiest routes between two towns of the Cinque Terre..Riomagiore to Manorolo to Corniglia. The path from Corniglia to Vernazza and then from Vernazza to Monterosso are much more ...

Most romantic places of earth
Jun 17, 2008 (4 photos)

... the Hozu river through a wooded valley or a trip on the aptly named Sagano Romantic Train is a delight. 4. The Cinque Terre, Italy Along 18 kms of sheer rocky coastline in northern Italy, terraced hills and vineyards, five little villages are built ...

Finale ligure italy may have been another ...
May 12, 2001 (2 photos)

... hoards of screaming children, but the city was exactly as Tonya had imagined - not a place we would recommend. CINQUE TERRE If you go to Italy, make a point of spending a few days in Cinque Terre. We had read reviews on the Internet which indicated ...

5 Small Fishing Villages
Sep 13, 2005 (8 photos)

... saying goodbye to Rome we caught the train to La Spezia which is the little town which you have to head to first before going to CInque Terre. As we just rocked up on the weekend again without anywhere to stay (which is typical now), we had to get on the ...

Trek from Riomaggiore to Monterosso
Sep 14, 2005 (18 photos)

... before traveling to Cinque Terre together. He was Neil from U.S., Wisconsin and 23. Both sounded like really nice people. Cinque Terre is a really nice small place, with 5 beautifull fishing villages. Big cities are great and all and must be ...

Boredom and Boobs
Apr 30, 2008 (9 photos)

... for most of the nights conversation anyways... I do recall waking up at 2am to spew though... felt much better after that. Cinque Terre wine, nasty nasty stuff.   <Lang's Extended Version>   We slept in a little this morning ...

A Hiking I will go!
Oct 6, 2008 (5 photos)

... Cinque Terre were special, and he said all trains in Italy were special.  Oh well. I got to Cinque Terre at 2 am, and everywhere was closed.  In Italy, most places close from 1 pm in the afternono until 4 pm so the workers can have a siesta ...

Just Breathe
Oct 29, 2002

... watch the fishing boats bobbing hypnotically in the distance. Riomaggiore is one of five coastal fishing villages that make up Cinque Terre. It is incredibly peaceful here and my heart feels happy. Everything closes between 1 and 4pm while people go ...

Cinque Terra I have fallen in LOVE....
Sep 11, 2009 (26 photos)

... and fairwelled a new friend :) The train ride to La Spezia was about 45 minutes, then I bought another ticket to Riomaggiore in Cinque Terra for €1.40 and it took about 8 minutes to get there. I arrived to a dark and lonley Riomaggiore and all i ...

Cinque Terre (aka Paradise)
Jun 2, 2008

... upload pictures, take a look at what we get to experience (copy and paste into your browser): http://images.google.it/images?hl=it&q=cinque%20terre&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi We will definetly be back! Tanya and Colleen 

Cinque Terre
Apr 19, 2008 (16 photos)

... an 8). When we arrived the excitement quickly escalated to 12 - gorgeous!      A short background on Cinque Terre, the name means "five lands" because this area is comprised of five villages - Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza ...

Walking along the coast
May 16, 2009 (22 photos)

... then we went to the train station where the tourist information desk is to get information on how this region works.   The Cinque Terre is a National Park.  There are 5 towns along this coastline connected by a train line as well as a walking ...

updates!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 20, 2007

Hello! sorry i havent updated in a while.... we have had a tough time getting internet connection in Cinque Terre. Right now I am in Florence, or in Italiano Firenze, but i will tell you everything that has happened in Cinque Terre and on our last day in ...

Cinque Terre...truly God's country
Jun 18, 2009

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Cinque Terre and Riccione
Aug 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... towns. A few weeks back we ventured right out of Umbria, to a region called Liguria in North-West Italy. Here we visited the renowned, Cinque Terre, a series of five towns built into the coast line. Unfortunately we picked the wrong day to visit one of ...

Howdy from Heaven.
Sep 28, 2009 (24 photos)

Today I moved along my journey to the Cinque Terre. H-o-l-y crap. This place is intensely beautiful. I guess I wasn't thinking about it ahead of time so was hardly prepared to have the train come round a bend and suddenly stare into the most glorious ...

The Cinque Terre
May 15, 2009 (20 photos)

... we can't call out to find each other and there are crowds everywhere.    Then it was time to head to the Cinque Terre.  I had been told by the agent when I bought the train ticket in Florence, that after Pisa I should take a train to ...

Vernazza
Mar 19, 2005

Hey everybody, we got everybodys message that posted. We are in the cinque terra right now in vernazza. We still cannot upload any pictures because these are small towns and don not have internet cafes with windows xp. When we get to florence I will ...

Hi everyonethe happy campers have now just ...
Jun 9, 2001

... and tiramisu for just $65.00 US dollars, how amazing for 4 people!!! I had the best pasta ever! We are staying in Cinque Terre until Monday then heading out to Nice, France...then we will be making our way to Barcelona! The weather here is nice and ...

Cinque Terre
Jun 23, 2006 (7 photos)

A few pictures from our stay in the '5 villages' (Cinque Terre).