Vernazza

This city is apparently recommended by Rick Steves as a good base. I agree, and would have based there if any accomodation was available. All five villages are charming, but this one ropes you in especially hard. The concrete breakwater also makes for a good place to take nap. Trust me...

The Cinque Terre

July 3rd 2005
I'm in love. The five tiny fishing villages - "Cinque Terre" - on the Italian Riviera charmed me from the moment I got into Riomaggiore. I'm doing a consolidated entry for my two nights there (not nearly enough), because I didn't really feel like taking time to write yesterday, and because internet access is astronomically expensive in these relatively remote villages. Some of the practical ... 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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