You step off the train at the fifth village, Monterosso and the first thing you see is a stunning sea of clear blue water. This combined with the orange flowers that had just bloomed at the beginning of spring was the view from the trains take away food shop and made me think that I was in for a beautiful 5 days at Cinque Terre. Almost like a mirage I sat on the balcony in amazement. It was great to have the sun on my back. I could have sat there forever. Cinque Terra is a group of 5 villages Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore in amongst national park in Northern Italy. There is a train system that joins the villages to one another and you can also hike from one village to the next
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