La Spezia, Italy Travel Blogs

Pisa, La Spezia and The Cinque Terre
Sep 1, 2005 (7 photos)

... (we cancelled the card as soon as we could)but it is looking like it will be OK. So on to the magical part of Italy called the Cinque Terre which means 5 towns. A myriad of paths link the villages with spectacular views of cliffs, coast and cultivated, ...

Cinque Terre
Oct 13, 2006 (10 photos)

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Cinque Terre
Oct 2, 2006

In the morning I went into the direction of the Cinque Terre in Liguria. After I had taken the wrong way, and went via Pistoia in Tuscany, I finally arrived in the early afternoon. First I drove along the panoramic street and saw the villages from above. ...

La Spezia
Jul 14, 2008 (22 photos)

... We had a early night to prepare for the early morning the following day. We woke up nice and early and caught an early train from La Spezia to the first of the 5 villages of 'Cinque Terre' (5 villages) This allowed us to beat both the heat of the sun for ...

A quick train change
Sep 16, 2007

... one binario to the other since our train from Rapallo was running late!  Off to the next change in Parma. Between Parma and La Spezia (the longest of the 3 segments) there was only 2nd class available on the train, so we had booked the whole trip ...

The Cinque Terre
Jun 22, 2006

... , means that it felt rewarding, sweaty, dusty and gross reaching each town. After four nights we decided we'd visit Parugia, a town inbetween La Spezia and Rome. Trying to be sneaky as it was only one stop, we hopped onto the train without a ticket and ...

La Spezia
Jul 3, 2008 (5 photos)

This will be the last stop I make in Italy. Today was a tiring day but worth the hike. La spezia is known for being right next to  the cinque terre which are five small towns along the coast of northern Italy and have amazing views and beautiful ...

Day 27, To La Spezia: When Good Cheese Goes Bad
Dec 14, 2007 (6 photos)

... we did get to spend at least a little time on the beach. Jess frolicked. Bernie sat very quietly. We then headed straight back to La Spezia and didn't stop at the rest of the towns. Bernie promptly went to sleep and Jess explored a little and went to the ...

La Spezia
Dec 13, 2008 (2 photos)

... Engineer. After rushing out a couple of weeks blog entries and scanning my email, I spent an hour or two wandering around La Spezia. It was pleasant enough, but mostly closed and I didn't find an interesting old town - I'm sure it's there somewhere. I ...

La Spezia and Cinque Terre
May 9, 2007 (1 photos)

... from Verona so we have now done all the four sections of trails between teh villages). The other find was a restaurant in La Spezia called Pomodoro (tomato) which does great pizza. My favourite was ham, mushroom and cream. They also have a litre of ...

Hiking the amazing Cinqueterre
Jul 3, 2007 (49 photos)

... Terre (Five Lands) is named after the five little fishing villages that cling precariously to the cliffs northwest of La Spezia. From here to Levanto the landscape is characterized by mountains cloaked in woods, terraces of vines and cliffs providing ...

Romantic Notions
Jul 31, 2007 (9 photos)

After Cremona, we went to a very charming stretch of sea side on the north-western coast of Italy by the name of Cinque Terre.  And although the place was choc-a-block full of tourists you could not deny the quaint beauty of these little towns nestled ...

Arriving to La Spezia!
Aug 23, 2005

Felt very refreshed today!!! Slept well! Rob and I walked to the Farmers market in La Spezia. This is no ordinary Farmers market. Oh my gosh!!! They had every kind of fish ever imaginable. Even sword fish! Every kind of vegetable and fruit... I went ...

A night in La Spezia
Oct 14, 2005 (1 photos)

After lucking out with a great afternoon in Florence, I got a train to La Spezia, which is the main station before getting into the Cinque Terre. Since I'm traveling guideless, and on a whim, I got there to find out there's no hostels and expensive single ...

La Spezia and the Cinque Terre
Dec 18, 2005 (5 photos)

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Welcome to La Spezia - closing in on Cinque Terra
Jun 6, 2006

Met the brothers from New Orleans/Houston - followed them on a crowed bus up into the hills, hoping to find a bed/room at the hostel where they were staying.  All full.  Met Mike, the Canadian who had an extra bed - and offered it to me.  ...

Coffee breaks
Jul 27, 2006 (3 photos)

27.7.06 La Spezia, Italy Drove to La Spezia and Chinque Terre Italy for a break from the motorway and our own coffee and biscuits. Every morning Lynn and I each prepare a thermos for coffee stops along the way. This is a beautiful section of coast, ...

Cinque Terre
May 23, 2006 (5 photos)

Moved on from very busy Florence to peaceful beautiful Cinque Terre which means five towns. Its situated on the Italian Riviera about 60 ks north of Pisa. Jacqui,s recommendation was spot on. The five towns are built on the sides of mountains and are only ...

Mi Scusi, Cinque Terre
Jun 14, 2006 (3 photos)

... them closely resembling that of the "Mi scusi" scene in Eurotrip, we arrived in the quaint little village of Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy. We are now in the land of five villages each set up on the mountain above sparkling blue-green water crashing in and ...

Cinque Terre - beauty, jellyfish and shemales!
Sep 6, 2009 (39 photos)

... a view of the beach and everything and apparently they only paid 70 euro a night. Sure beat our crappy Top Deck accommodation in La Spezia! About 4:30pm we decided we wanted to go back to the fourth town before meeting the group to try and find the view ...

The conquer of Cinque Terre
Jul 18, 2005 (7 photos)

... so many because the hike was just so beautiful! The train ride to La Spezia from Rome was about 4 hours. Our hotel was in La Spezia, right outside of Riomaggiore. It was cute, had a lot of shopping, but the people could have been a little more friendly. ...

Pisa!
Jul 4, 2007 (6 photos)

We had originally planned to do an excursion into Tuscany today for a wine tasting at a vineyard, but that was cancelled to my great disappointment. So we then we set up an excursion to go to Pisa for the afternoon. So trying to make Lemon Cello out ...

Au Revoir France, Ciao Italy (Cinque Terre)
Sep 24, 2007 (21 photos)

The first real test in driving long distances in Europe, we left Nice for La Spezia, Italy, a three and a half hour drive.  We were fairly confident that the trip to Italy by car would be fine after getting advice from friends before we left, and ...

Cinque Terre
Sep 27, 2005 (2 photos)

... instead of hiking on to the final village of Monterosso, which supposedly has the most challenging part of the hike. Once back at La Spezia we collected our baggage (reluctantly) and caught a bus to our hotel outside of the city. This in itself proved ...

La Spezia
Sep 12, 2007

Cinque Terre

Life is sooooo good right now!
Aug 20, 2005 (14 photos)

Our last stop in Italy couldn't have been better. In fact Cinque Terra in La Spezia completely won us over the moment we arrived. Everything about it is just beautiful and after spending 5 great days here it was hard to leave. Cinque Terra is made up of 5 ...

Fantastic Coastline in Northwest Italy!!
Oct 8, 2005 (6 photos)

... on in Genova, when we arrived at 5:30 pm, (no rooms to be had), we jumped back on the train and got off in La Spezia on the beautiful Ligurian coast. We spent two glorious days in the warm sun, trekking along the steep, stepped cliffs over-looking five ...

La Spezia
Sep 8, 2007

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Cinque Terre is beautiful
Jan 9, 2009

... get home, but the best Lasagne I ever had was part of it. We slept at his house and then drove the next day to La Spezia where we spent the next 2 days including today visiting the five towns of Cinque Terre. It is all very beautiful. Google Cinque Terre ...

Breathtaking Cinque Terre!
Sep 20, 2008 (444 photos)

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