Il Saraceno Cinque Terre
Via Volastra 8, Volastra Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, Italy
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Cinque Terre
... steps switch backing up the cliff. Little terraced gardens and vineyards are planted on impossibly steep hillsides. This area is famous for wine production and has old photographs showing locals carrying grapes in baskets on their heads and shoulders around town and in the tunnels we walk through from the train. Some more modern farmers have these little motorized monorail trains that have a small engine or cable wench, seat, and a few ...
Day 297 - Out of the Rain
... coast.
For dinner we walked into La Spezia and while luckily the rain abated. We ate at a local place. Pasta & bread with olive oil of course :).
CULTURE:
The town seemed a little seedy. It was raining and in the slow season but a lot of places seemed to be shut down. It was here we noticed the condom & cigarette vending machines, ready for 24hr service, that it turns out are common in Italy.
There were 3 and 4 star hotels that ...
Chillin' out in the sun on the Cinque Terre
... mountain and steps were prevalent.
We were to walk the second section from Manarola to Corniglia however there had been a recent landslide over the walk so instead we took the train.
Corniglia is set out on a rocky outcrop that literally juts out into the sea! It has no beach front! The
town itself had tiny little streets that I could touch either side when standing in the middle and they seemed to wind around and crossing over, a bit like a maze. ...
21. The Italian Coromandel
... were there we jumped on the bandwagon and hired some loungers under an umbrella. Blair went for his first dip in the Mediterranean (strictly the Ligurian Sea) and there we lay for a few hours soaking up the European rays, commenting on how amazing the ozone layer is and how you just don't get burnt like at home! Or so we thought ...
Jumping on the train to the middle town of the Cinque Terre, I noticed my legs were looking a little pink. ...
Cruising Around the Italian Riviera
... Jen and I walked up the main streets of Monterossa. Again there were little streets and colorful buildings. I found a blue and white scarf at a market stand, and we had lunch in a plaza. I had read in my book that Seafood Ravioli was the specialty dish of Cinque Terre, so we tried that. It was surprisingly good! I think Jen and I both liked it more than we thought we would. It was ravioli with a ton of seafood and shellfish in a ...



