Cincua Terra (five towns), beautiful stretch of rugged coastline with scenic trails connecting the ancient Unesco protected towns. The first hike took us through each of the five towns and was the more popular and tourist laden hike. The second hike started where the first ended continuing to follow the shoreline through vineyards high above the water on the rocky cliffs. At the end of each hike we washed the day's sweat and dirt off in the refreshing ocean before heading home (our hotel:)
Corniglia and Manarola, two of the five Cincua Terra, set into the cliff side
Monterosso al Mare
Vernazza from afar
Little vineyards dot the coastline
Manarola
Graham in modeling in a vineyard on our second hike
The trail took us through the very small scenic town Campiglia
The end of our hike, where many mega yachts were anchored, was in site!
Porto Venere, the end of our hike where we got beers, snacks and dipped in to the ocean. The perfect end to a perfect hike.
Sue digging into her huge watermelon slice
15 minutes later…
Views of Porto Venere from the ferry we took back to the start of our hike
Suey, I am impressed by your watermelon devouring. That is a high compliment! I loved cinque terra when I was there...so pretty! We stayed in Vernazza
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