Monterosso Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Dear Blog, After Rome and Florence we were looking forward to spending a couple of days in the coastal national park which consists of 5 tiny towns known as the Cinque Terre. We took a 2.5 hr train ride from Florence and arrive around lunchtime. We didn't have any accom booked ahead for the first time on our trip. We eventually found a place by ...

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. The total one-way hike between the 5 towns is roughly nine kilometres but takes 4-5 hours as it...

The weather continues to be good, warm and sunny with the occasional cloud formation to cool things down a bit. I am going to spend the day on the beach today in order to rest prior to my train ride to Rome tomorrow. Yesterday, I took the local boat to Riomaggiore where I picked up the hiking trail and walked back to Corniglia. Right before the ...

Cinque Terre Day 1 Caught the train from Venice to Milan and went out to Linate airport to pick up Chards bags!!!!! she can at last wear her own clothes!!! Somehow made it back in time to catch the train to Cinque Terre. Met a young Italian girl on the train who told us a saying that the italians have about Kiwis - "three sheep for every man" (t...