Blogs from Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy, Europe - page 5

Off to the Cinque Terre again but this time planning to visit the towns by train and wearing comfortable footwear! Perfect sunny weather again. Took the train to Riomaggiore, the furthest of the towns & enjoyed a walk around the town. We found a bar/café with a great view over the marina & stopped for lunch. Back to the station to catch the train to the next town, Manarola, but the train took off and went through the next 3 towns without stopping – apparently it was a train that was running behind schedule but no explanation from the station announcer. Never mind – we were back in Monterosso where we finished our walk yesterday. Another walk around the town and along the beach was very pleasant and, after a coffee, (very good for a change!), ... read more

I spent the first week of September in the Cinque Terre (literally, the “Five Lands”) region of Italy located south of Genoa in the Liguria region. A UNESCO world heritage site, the Cinque Terra National Park is composed of coastline, cliffs, terraced hillsides and five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore) that are connected by trails, trains and boats. Having read the Lonely Planet and Le Routard guide books about the Cinque Terre, I decided to follow their suggestion and book a hotel (which I found on the hotels.com site) in the city of La Spezia. From here, I could take day trips by train, boat and on foot into the five villages. This turned out to be a great solution because not only was my hotel more modestly priced than in ... read more

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Interesting start to our last morning in Nice. Left the apartment to find some breakfast. Went the opposite direction of the last couple of days thinking we would explore some new territory. Bad move…..no shops, restaurants or boulangeries! Turn around go back to our old stomping ground and took a new street. Oops….cafe au lait only - best and strongest we've had on this trip and then across the street to the boulangerie. Pain au Chocolat for me, sausage rolls for Trev. Got back to the apartment to eat them and Trev realized that "sausage" was actually "hot dog wiener" HE HATES HOT DOGS!! Wrapped up in pastry though he said they were pretty decent. Spent some time confirming our plan of attack for the trains to Corniglia and found a place to actually book them…tried ... read more