Hostels in Manarola

3 friends from school and I managed to piece together a few weeks when we all had some time off. Christine (from High School) recently left her job to find something better. Laura (from Queen's) is half-way through her PhD and deserved from time off. ...

... has 5 little towns perched near each other. They're really cute and sweet and slow paced, and we stayed in one called Manarola, which is somewhat perched on top of a cliff. We stayed at a pretty nazi hostel with an organic bent. Apparently all hostels ...

... if you are from there as I'm doing this from memory at this point but the five towns are Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggore and are located just north of La Spezia on the train line. The trails that link them grow progressively ...

... .    You have to by a pass to hike between the villages so that was about 5 euro. We Hiked from Riomaggiore to Manarola. This hike was really beautiful but super easy and only about 20 minutes on a flat and wide stone surface. It even had a cute ...

... the train and were there in no time. We had lunch here, a really nice seafood meal, before walking on to Riomaggiore. The walk between Manarola and Riomaggiore is down what is called "Via DŽAmore" or "Lovers Lane". I donŽt know if anyone has seen it on ...

... Lucky for him only 2/5ths of the hiking trails were open, due to recent landslides, and the one hike (from Riomaggiore to Manarola) was more of a leisurely stroll if anything else.  But the path from Vernazza to Corniglia was a bit more strenuous, taking ...

... we had booked our hostel. We weren’t too upset by this, as the good trail between the 3rd and 4th towns (Corniglia and Manarola) had been previously washed away in a landslide, and the detour was said to be long and monotonous. We found our hostel, ...

... picture when you think of Italy.  It consists of 5 small villages along the Mediterranean coast (Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore).  The setting is incredible...most of the villages are perched up on the cliffs above the ...

... a bad thing). Hiking between the towns was great for stretching our city legs. Swimming in the still ocean waters off Manarola and sunning ourselves on the rocks like sea otters made the journey worthwhile. We filled ourselves with plenty of seafood ...

... ; therefore, we asked about hostels at the information booth at the La Spezia station. The woman pointed us to a hostel in the town of Manarola, just two stops away. So we hopped on the train for a short ride. However, at our stop the door near us was ...

... ' great people watching and history thats second to none- stayed at the nicest hostel in the world- the 'Club Med' of hostels- gym, saunna,pools,restaurants, bars, and super hospital like clean, all overlooking the Duomo and Medici Chapels- it was great- ...

... ve heard soo much hype about, and it did live to it's expectations. i did the Via Dell'amore, which is Riomaggiore to Manarola...then, it progresselly got hotter and harder as we continued up the 380 steps that everyone talks about. Since we took a little ...