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Vernazza Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Vernazza, Italy
Cinque Terror..
This is a top pick! ... first part of it was uphill and I guess this was much more pleasant than having full sun pelting your faces.. Coming down into Vernazza and seeing the town from above was beautiful. It is the only town of the 5 to have its own cove and the ...
Pisa Overrated Crap
This is a top pick! ... well. - We then caught the train to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre, or the "5 lands"... which is basically 5 towns along the coast. Vernazza is the 4th town and is composed of one main street and a harbour. It's pretty quite there, until a large group ...
Boredom and Boobs
This is a top pick! <Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - Since we had walked all 5 towns already, which is the one and only highlight of things to do here, we had nothing to do today but rest. Ended up sitting around ...
Bon Journo - Italian Riviera
... . Made it back to train, 5 mins to spare and arrived one change later to the Cinque Terre - or Italian Riviera's town of Vernazza. It was spitting a bit and crowded with a few tour lots and their umbrellas but still very quaint and pretty just like the ...
Vernazza
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 ...
6000 steps and 6 liters of wine
... quite refreshing and much more interesting than i would have thought. Although we also spent a couple of nights in Riomaggorie and visited pretty much all the villages around the area, our favourite town was Vernazza. It has a castle! Onto the ...
The Italian Riviera
... want to swim, Monterosso has a beach, but being from Florida, I won't touch water colder than 78F. And this was colder, at least in May! I also recommend climbing the Castello Doria in Vernazza. I climbed it in the afternoon and the view was ...
A “Terre-ific” Time in Cinque Terre
... part of the mountainous Italian Rivera and consists of five very small towns: Riomaggiore (Town #1), Manarola (#2), Corniglia (#3), Vernazza (#4), and Monterosso (#5). The towns are directly connected by train, hiking trails and the sea – ...
Everyone's Favorite Child
... hiking down the most picturesque portion of the hike. Don't take that statement lightly though because the trail to get to Vernazza from Corniglia is both an uphill and a downhill battle, but mostly its uphill. This town was easily my favorite for ...
Off to Paradise!
Woke up early this morning with the intention of catching the early train to Vernazza. We made the vaparetto no problem, but there was some kind of rowing competition going on that slowed the bus down and we missed the train. We caught the next one that ...
Vernazza were in Love
The sea is splashing rhythmically against the embankment and sweet cooking smells overlaid with garlic are wafting up through the open window. I can hear the happy murmurs of customers below in the square and the Church tower filling my window view ...
Relaxing on the Italian Riviera
Ciao, Everyone! Narri and I got into the Cinque Terre on Wednesday, and have yet to leave. We have had beautiful, sunshiny weather the past three days. Alas, our luck may have run out because today is overcast, without a hint of sun -- but the day ...
Change of Plans
We were going to pick grapes but the huge storm started about 4:00 a.m. We were rained out so we took the train to Riamiagiore and went shopping. We talked to Stephanie and Ivo about the weather tomorrow and they said maybe so we decided to cancel ...
Hiking the Cinque Terra trail
... He hates advertising where he ash been normally. The only thing he bought himself until now are can openers. The hike to Vernazza (town #4 if your still counting!) was longer and harder. It took us about an hour and a half. Hartley and I are ...
Cinque Terre - Town hopping
... of other tourists and a cute little girl joined in the fun watching Vernon with 'Mario'. The town is a lot steeper than Vernazza and a bit bigger. Food is a little cheaper and a more choice. It doesn't have as nice a plaza and little ...
Bonjourno everyone vernazza is still as ...
... It was very touristy, so we just did some wine tasting and shopping around. Then we took a hike back down to our town, Vernazza. It was a GRUELING hike, very steep and dangerous, without a well defined pathway...very narrow as well, but the pics that we ...
Cinque Terre: Vernazza
... ingredients for dinner. We made a gourmet pasta dish (thanks to Aaron for doing all the chopping) and watched the sun set over Vernazza. It was stunning! During the daytime in Vernazza, it is bustling with tourists. Then, around 5pm or 6pm, all the people ...
Vendemmia (wine harvest) is awesome!!!!!!!!!
Vendemmia at the home of Ivo and Stephanie.. catch the bus with Ivo's Momma and Uncle at 7:00am arrive via mountain roads with barely enough room for another car or person to pass by. Up the mountain towards Corniglia arrive at 7:30am. The land is ...
Welcome to Italy...
MONDAY - May 20th Today John and I traveled by train from Interlaken to Vernazza (Cinque Terre), Italy. Upon border crossing, Italian customs officials decided to check our bags. They pulled out every piece of clothing, opened up every container, ...
Wandering around the Cinque Terre
... villages & try the walks connecting the villages. The scenery is very beautiful in all 5 villages, I personally loved Manarola and Vernazza - I enjoyed the views, walking the small hilly streets and the home-made ice-cream. I had a few portions, ...
Exercise, sun and the beach in Cinque Terre
... We stayed in one of the 5 towns which ended up being our favorite of the 5, Vernazza. We were a little worried before we got there because a crazy mudslide/flood happened in October that took out a lot of homes and ...
Hiking the Picturesque Cinque Terre Region
... '. Riomaggiore spilled down onto he coast and had a small beach in the center. Still, after seeing all these villages. I thought Vernazza was the most beautiful and picturesque of them all. The next day, since we had a full day of hiking yesterday, we ...
To Cinque Terre
... we're on the western coast on the cliffs of the Ligurian Sea. WOW! We finally get off at our last stop, Vernazza. This small town has no cars and remains one of the truest "fishing villages" on the Italian Riviera. Its so small ...
Hiking West to East
... had to walk up, up, up many flights of stairs. Once in town, we took a break, and hung out for 15 minutes. From Corniglia to Vernazza, the hike was harder and it took us about 90 minutes. We walked up and up and up, and I thought we would never get to ...
Exploring Cinque Terre
... train up one stop to Corniglia. Corniglia is the smallest of the villages with no beach, but a main hiking trail up to Vernazza. According to Alaina's book, Rick Steve's says this trail is rugged but worth it for the views. It's ...
Cinque Terre
... We spent the last 36 hours in the Cinque Terre--a rugged and rustic portion of the Italian Riviera. We stayed in Vernazza in a room built by a local stone mason and managed by his American girlfriend. It was a great little place ...
Cinque Terre
It has been about a week since our last update. Wifi has been inconvenient. I am typing this from a narrow, steep street in Vernazza, Italy, one of the towns on the Cinque Terre of the Italian Riviera. I have about 20 minutes before the next train, so ...