Monterosso, Italy Travel Blogs

ciao d'Italia
May 8, 2004 (3 photos)

I'm in Italy now in Monterosso! Yes, that's quite a jump from just being in Spain. The cruise from Barcelona to Genoa was interesting... They seem to try to keep people occupied at all times - piano bar has entertainment 9pm-10pm, main lounge has ...

Cinque Terre Continued
Sep 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... 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 difficult.... In Corniglia, I was tired and thirsty and took the train back to Monterosso. After a ...

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 ...

Monterosso
Sep 11, 2007

We took a ferry from Vernazza to Monterosso, the last village of Cinqueterre, then caught the train back to Florence.

Cinque Terre
Aug 1, 2005 (6 photos)

In the cinque terra today. Weather has been awesome and the food has been to die for. Prolly gonna go on a day trip tomorrow to Florence. I think most the rest of the time I am here I will be lounging around the beach. I am here for another ten days ...

The Cinque Terre
Jun 17, 2009 (20 photos)

... -free and there is not a museum in sight. Just the sun, sea, sand, wine, and natural Italian coastline. We stayed in Monterosso, which is the best of the five villages, as it has the biggest and most beautiful beaches and the best nightlife. Cinque Terre ...

Monterosso - Gateway to Cinque Terre
Sep 13, 2008 (56 photos)

... one of the five villages that make up Cinque Terre, which is located in the Italian Riviera on the West coast of Italy.  Monterosso is the village furthest to the north with Vernazza, Corniglia, Manorola, and Riomaggiore (the southern-most village) making ...

Cinque Terra
Jul 2, 2008

Coming soon..amazing as always, relaxing, etc.

The Amazing Cinque Terre
Oct 19, 2007 (9 photos)

Ciao All! Saw the best scenery this morning since arriving in Italy. After about 2-3 hours sleep (note to self, no more coffees before bed!!) the alarm went off at 6:00. We got ourselves together and made our way to the start of the Cinque Terre hike. ...

Let me bring you up to date on our trip ...
Jun 6, 2001 (13 photos)

... Mom was seriously traumatized by the drive here? Probably not. I imagine you've noticed the pattern so far. We're staying in Monterosso al Mare and it took about 20 km of snaky, skinny roads to get here. Sometimes there was room for two cars to ...

Battery Exhausted
Sep 30, 2009

... make it a palindromic number. As I had been hiking I took a photo of me by the sign post for each city. Fittingly, when I reached Monterosso, the last stop, I looked for a sign post but didn't see one so opted for just a random sign with the name on it. I ...

Sailing and Scenic Hikes
Aug 9, 2008 (17 photos)

... look real...more like a painted movie backdrop. We can't wait to come back. From Switzerland, we drove another 4 hours to Monterosso del Mare, the first town in the famous string of Italian villages known as the "Cinque Terrre". To rest from our drive, ...

Starting the Cinque Terre
Oct 18, 2007 (4 photos)

... ') are five quaint, brightly coloured fishing villages perched precariously on cliffs overlooking the ocean. We are staying at a dodgy hotel in Monterosso (one of the end towns of the cinque terre) and we can see each town when we look down the coast. ...

Cinque Terre
Oct 23, 2007 (24 photos)

... back to Siena tonight. Cinque Terre is a group of 5 little beach towns all within about 6 miles of each other. We stayed in Monterosso, which is the farthest north of the towns, in a cute little apartment that was owned by a little old lady and her son ...

Cinque Terre
Oct 23, 2007

... have any accom booked ahead for the first time on our trip. We eventually found a place by walking up the main street of Monterosso. The Villa was on a hill very close to the train station which is handy when you are walking with a broken pack. The room ...

A MUST visit......
Aug 1, 2006 (4 photos)

Cinque Terre (5 lands) comprises of 5 fishing villages on the Italian Riviera....Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. I have just said goodbye to Andrew, who is off to somewhere else in Italy. I am staying here until Aug 4th (3 ...

Cinque Terre - Reserve Ahead!
Jun 1, 2009 (20 photos)

... with family.  The town was okay, more appropriate for young backpackers.  We packed up and moved to Monterosso al Mare, a most substantial resort town with more amenities for families and better accommodations.  Almost everything was booked ...

The Cinque Terre
Sep 10, 2007 (8 photos)

Caught a train to the Cinque Terre, where we had accomodation in Monterosso

Crazy Night
Aug 6, 2005 (5 photos)

... was nice and bought us a shot at the end of the meal. It was some sick shit made from a firn in the south of Italy. Andre the proceded to take us to his brother-in-laws house where it was his birthday party. They were drinking Lemonceno, Grappa, and a ...

Cinqueterre- Tale of five cities
Aug 16, 2007

... from the beach. So nice! We basically spent yesterday at the beach and eating. In our search for night life in Monterosso we instead found a random regional theatre group performing in the main square. In Italy, cultural hub, guess what they were ...

Life's a beach.
Sep 29, 2009 (24 photos)

At least in Monterosso it is. And what an amazing, glorious, terrific, wish-i-had-a-thesaurus beach. I really didn't do much today other than walk to the beach, lay at the beach, order food at the beach, order drinks at the beach, walk home from the beach. ...

Cinque Terre 2nd time around
Sep 14, 2006

... hotel has very unusual jewelry which we had admired from the windows last evening. The jewelry is made of precious stones from Italy, mother of pearls, black and white, quartz and corals and other beautiful stones. After much time and many Euros we finally ...

Monterosso
Jun 23, 2006 (6 photos)

hey everyone, just making this a written one so i can add some pictures! enjoy!

3 days in the Cinque Terre
May 11, 2009

... but by the time everyone had boarded it was standing room only.  Fortunately it was only a 5-minute ride back to Monterosso.    We stopped at the train station to purchase our tickets to Naples in two days' time (planning ahead) ...

What do you mean you can't get there from here?
Dec 25, 2006

... the sea, each of these towns was extremely isolated until recently, and each town still has a unique accent and identity.  Monterosso is distinguished from the others as a beach town, but the tiny strip of beach, when compared to the steep mountain ...

Cinque terre
Oct 22, 2007

Goodbye Intrepid, hello independent travelling. We caught a train to Monterosso fron Sorrento yesterday (took 8 hours). One of the cool girls fro the Intrepid trip came most of the way with us. She got off at Pisa, but what she didnt know was that the ...

Verona, Venice and Monterosso
Apr 18, 2007

Ciao to you all from Monterosso.Have been very busy since our last entry. According to Chris I lost one in Venice. He did. Timed out before he saved. Many new and varied experiences, left fair Verona and headed to Venezia, that dreaded autobarn again (by ...

Venice and trip to Monterosso
Apr 18, 2007 (4 photos)

... . Train travel great except for the platforms. They are a 3 feet lower than the carriage. Muscle building work. Arrived in Monterosso al mare (Cinque Terre) to perfect scenery and a beautiful little Villa setting sitting on the top of a mountain. Now this ...

First Day in the Cinque Terra
May 25, 2009 (4 photos)

We left our hotel in Bologna after an unexpected evening.  We boarded the train with all our things and headed to the Cinque Terras.  However we could of had a big mishap when I (erin) got off the train on the wrong side ans was laughed at by ...

Feel those leg muscles!
Jun 5, 2007 (2 photos)

... to a bit of a rural walking experience I am tipping you would find it most enjoyable. One more village left to explore tomorrow - Monterosso to the north. One comment of note is that the Internet is making a slow break-through into this area. Only one ...