Riomaggiore, Italy Travel Blogs

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

... Park and unlimited rides on the trains connecting and the 'environmentally friendly' buses within the villages. The first stage between Riomaggiore and Manarola is also called 'Via dell'Amore' - The Lovers Walk - and is an easy 20 minutes/1 kilometre ...

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

... it could be reversing direction and the population on the opposite platform scattered across the rails. It did indeed return towards Riomaggiore, so we bypassed the bus trip in favour of an assured ride home. Many (younger) travellers had run across ...

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

... was to have been a straightforward day. Early start, vaporetto back to Venice station, then four trains across country Italy to Riomaggiore on the west coast. With a healthy 20-30 minutes allowed between each connection. Of course, three connections ...

From mountains to the sea
Sep 21, 2005 (6 photos)

... . The area includes a National Park with five fishing villages and a Marine Protected Area. We stayed at the popular Riomaggiore and spent a day hiking between the villages along a coastal trail and the evenings cooking up our own delicious Italian food. ...

Just Breathe
Oct 29, 2002

... my skin. I look over to the aqua green Ligurian Sea and 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 ...

I left my heart in Cinque Terra
Nov 8, 2007

After a long and complicated train ride, we made it to Italy and the little town of Riomaggiore. This town is in an area of Italy called Cinque Terra which is in fact the most beautiful place in the world. We arrived without a place to stay, so we wandered ...

Cinque Terre
Feb 20, 2009 (17 photos)

... .  We ended up waiting at the train station for about an hour, but it wasn't a big deal.    Back in Riomaggiore we changed and headed out to dinner.  We ate at a little place called La Lampara.   Seafood, big surprise, ...

Take a hike!
Jul 17, 2007

... five cities of Cinque Terre. We had been advised to start the hike on the far end, in Monterosso, and finish in Riomaggiore, because it is apparently much harder toward Monterosso, and nicer to get that part over with first. However, consistent with our ...

Cinque Terre
Jun 16, 2007

Hello from the Italian Riveria! We arrived to Riomaggiore around 2pm today and it is fabulous! If you haven't heard of this sleeply little fishing villiage on the rocky west coast of Italy, you should google it! We are staying in a small room here under ...

What a life...in Cinque Terre
Jul 5, 2009 (10 photos)

... and enjoying the beautiful scenery in Cinque Terre and then in the afternoon we did the via dell 'amore walk today between Riomaggiore and Manarola – beautiful scenery but very very hot weather. We came back to Riomaggiore and sat in the cool for a ...

Five Colorful Villages
Jul 18, 2007 (15 photos)

... the photo opportunities it provided.  While we were there we even got to see an open air jazz concert held right in Riomaggiore, it seemed to bring everyone out of their hotels and homes.  While we were here Justin got an email from someone who ...

Cinque Terre
Oct 1, 2005 (15 photos)

... most beautiful spot in Italy. We caught an early train on Sat. morning, and got to the last town (which we stayed in) - Riomaggiore. Once we checked into our apartment (which we thought was going to be a hostel...good surprise there) and we got ready to ...

cobblestone streets, leaning towers + lovers lane
Jul 5, 2008

... casual evening on our personal balcony. Thursday was the big day - i completed the 12km hike along the coast from Monterosso to Riomaggiore. you can hike the trail either way, but i had heard on good authority that its easier to walk from the furthest ...

Our Gelato ratings
Jul 5, 2009 (1 photos)

... background about Italian gelato. It's not ice cream, although that’s the closest approximation most of us have seen outside Italy. While ice cream is made with cream, Italian gelato is almost always made with milk. It’s richer, smoother, ...

Hiking the Cinque Terre
May 9, 2009 (13 photos)

Hiked the Cinque Terre trails in just over 3 hours! (It's supposed to take about 5...) - With a blood blister and a bunion! It is absolutely beautiful!! Wish I'd had more time there, but there was a train strike, so I wasn't able to stick around in case ...

Oct 4, 2009 (19 photos)

Get me to the Cinque Terre
Nov 6, 2007

In a quest for some physical exercise and the plendour of the Italian Riviera I headed on down to what was my favourite Italian spot 11 years past, the Cinque Terre. Will it have changed, for the better or worse? Will I have it to myself or be inundated ...

Pretty coast again
Apr 24, 2006

... Florence, 2 full hours in Pisa (honestly, I was expecting worse from what I'd heard from Andrew), and now we're in Riomaggiore, the first of 5 villages known as La Cinque Terre. It's pretty similar to the Amalfi coast.... gorgeous! Anyway, I'm sorry but ...

The Cinque Terra was AWESOME!
Aug 26, 2007

Day hiking between the towns!

A vacation in Cinque Terre
Oct 18, 2005 (5 photos)

The Cinque Terre are 5 tiny fishing villages squeezed into a small area where the mountains meet the sea. It's amazingly beautiful, with hiking-walking trails between all the villages. While I was there I explored all the villages, walking random ...

Holy Crap Cinque Terre
May 14, 2006

So It was a short travel day to Cinque Terre, through Pisa (missed the leaning tower! what a bummer), when we got off the train we were blown away. We had seen pics on the net, but it was just incredible. Houses built on top of houses on hillsides inter ...

Wow
Aug 5, 2009

We arrived in Riomaggiore around 6 AM. The sun was coming up and the streets were completely quiet - not a single tourist in site. Just locals opening their grocery stores and bakers running around the streets with dough that needed baking. This is an ...

Cinque Terre!
May 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... Terre, a stretch of 5 small, quaint towns perched on the cliffsides.  I stayed in the southern-most of the 5 towns, Riomaggiore.  There is a beautiful trail you can hike to get from one town to the next.  It takes about 3 1/2 hours to ...

Working up an appetite in Cinque Terre
Nov 3, 2007 (10 photos)

... from the 10th. The reward from a full day of walking is the last village and also the one we'll sleep in-- Riomaggiore. I'm tired of bread products-- I'm half filipina and need my ration of rice now and then. We go the the Ristorante Laterna that my ...

Rained Out in Riomaggiore
Sep 29, 2007 (7 photos)

... eleven total months of travelling! Since we hadn't actually booked any accomodation, although we knew there were spaces at the hostel in Riomaggiore (the first town), we decided just to keep going and get off at the last town, the next stop on the train, ...

Riomaggiore - Italian New Year
Dec 31, 2005 (10 photos)

... across the room. A fridge was provided. I suggested that it would be warmer inside it, than outside in the room. Riomaggiore seems quiet. Oh dear. Bars are closed. No one is around. Maybe my suggestion wasn't that great.... In the early evening we ...

Cinque Terre, Italy
Jun 27, 2006 (5 photos)

... . I spent a whole day hiking the 12km trail that follows the coast and visiting each of the villages. I started in Riomaggiore, the southernmost village, and stopped for gelati in Corniglia, lunch in Vernazza and a swim at Monterosso. The water was so ...

Hiking in Cinque Terre
May 11, 2006 (6 photos)

... - high numbers of loud tourists really can annihilate the vibe of such a gorgeous place. We stayed in the southernmost town, called Riomaggiore, at a place run by a crazy old lady called Mamma Rosa. She hangs out at the train station all day, picks out ...

paradise in the Italian riviera
Jan 21, 2008 (27 photos)

... pretty quiet with few tourists. We explored the second town for a bit that night and then headed back to our apartment in Riomaggiore. Being so excited with all the room Wendy and I decided to do some laundry while drinking some local wine (2.50? (3.50$) ...

RioM
May 7, 2008 (5 photos)

im writing this entry from the shore of Vernazza, vasu is taking a nap. We got to Riomaggiore at about 12:50, it is amazingly beautiful, we headed up the steep slope of a road to 94 Via Columba. The person at the desk took us to our room, its a 5 bed dorm. ...