Heading towards Vernazza

Cinque Terre, Monterosso to Vernazza

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June 12th 2008
Hi everyone Yesterday we decided to do one of the walks on the Cinque Terre (5 lands) which was the most steep walk from Monterosso around the clifftop walk to Vernazza a beautiful small village. There were about 400 odd steps at the start of the walk which was pretty hard going for me, Geoff raced ahead of course, being the fit tennis player. It took us about 2 hours and was a beautiful scen ... 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