Hotel Village Dei Gallo La Spezia

We will be staying Riomaggiore (one of the five villages) and have booked our accomodation already at Casa Lorenza  We will be staying in apartment Nettuno.

What shouldn't we miss while we are here?

Partie tot ce matin pour se rendre a monterosso, premier village de 5 dans le parc national des cinque terre. Apres 1h40 de train, nous voila au deprt du sentier qui relie les 5 petits villages. A flanc de montagne, nous avons traverser plusieurs champs de vigne et plantations d'olivier de village en village ...

... so we decided it was best to settle away from the centre of town for a change and park in a residential district about 1km away... much more tranquilo!!

Splashed out on take away pizza for dinner but ate it in the shop and washed down with a bottle of beer. We became the hot topic of conversation when owners and local patrons found out we were Australian and were ...

... some shops and then all of a sudden there it was... the sun! We walked down to the beach and searched for pebbles before making our way to Vernazza.

The next town along with Manarola (where we are staying) is a bit smaller than Riomaggiore and Monterosso but just as, if not more beautiful. Vernazza is probably known mainly for its large scale (compared to the city) boating docks that wrap around the entire marina. The girls and I stopped for gelato before making our way ...

Tuscan Riviera Portovenere
Had seen it on Getaway and looked very pretty.. Found a hotel with sea views and have spent 2 nights here resting , climbing around local castles… eating sleeping and watching the boats go in and out… not much English here but we are not hungry or thirsty so all going well….
Tomorrow we are off to the South of France.. 3 nights planned in Nice.. Really looking forward to it but have loved Italy…

... about snorkel trips and Andrew and Kathy went to do their own thing. I think most of us couples wanted to share the day in Cinque Terra doing our own thing, but we agreed to meet with the rest of the group at 6pm at the last town’s train station to find a place for dinner.

We got directions to the dive shop and went to see about doing a snorkeling boat trip later that day. They said that they leave at 2pm so we decided to walk between the towns then have some lunch and go ...

Normal 0 Week 2: Evil frittatas (omelettes), exploding water bottles and superstitions galore As the first week was primarily spent adjusting to La Spezia and the program, the second week was more of a crash tour of the surrounding area. Monday: we visited Cinque Terre, which is a UNESCO protected natural park. Cinque Terre is named after its' five small villages: Riomaggiore, Manorola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. On our visit we only went from the ...

... spettacolare!). Another great part of the weekend was the company. Nearly everyone in the program has interesting backgrounds, extensive travel experience, and a laid-back spirit, and my travel mates were no exception. In this program, the large majority of students have much more extensive travel/living abroad experience than me. Our group of six was the perfect size and had the right attitude to deal with the unexpected turns that we faced, including the ...

... l got to sample was the famous lemonchello which l had over frozen yogurt in the town of Corniglia- one of the many of the little things l treated myself to along the walk. That is the great thing about this hike- not only are you hiking a spectacular coastal track and visiting five unique and different towns as you go, you also can sun bake on a black sand beach in the beautiful Vernazza as l did beside a blue boat as the towns Cathedral overhead bells ...

wat an amazing place, the 5 fishing towns were just an awsum place to chill out and relax, although me and harrison ran them all in 2hrs 15mins, about 10 miles up and down hills n stairs, and during blasing sun heat which part way through turned into a thunder storm!!1 awsum fun!! another place to revisit in the future