Train tracks & Manarola

Manarola is in the background, and this is the view from our cliffside walk from Manarola to Riomaggiore. Notice the train tracks. To get there and between towns, the tracks are either carved through the mountains or at the edge of the cliff, and you can see both in this picture.

Cinque Terre

September 23rd 2005
On Friday we gladly left our room behind in Rome to hop on train for the lovely towns known as Cinque Terre. These are 5 small towns on the Western coast of Italy nestled among cliffs along the shore. We took a bus to the train station then hopped on a 7:35 train to La Spezia and arrived at 11:52. We then took another train shortly after to the 5 towns known as Cinque Terre. There seemed to be ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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