Cinque Terre

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March 15th 2010

Published: March 16th 2010

(Monday March 15) We left Florence on Sunday and headed by train to the Cinque Terre (the "Five Lands") -- 5 hill towns located on the coast of the Ligurian Sea in Italy. We chose to stay in Monterosso, the northernmost of the 5 towns. On the way to the Cinque Terre, we took a short detour off the train in Pisa to see the leaning tower. Weird! It really does lean - a lot! I tried to push it d... Read Full Entry

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18th March 2010

sandrasophie
sandra strongman

AMAZING
We are doing nearly the exact trip following you in one month's time. I am having a great time reading your notes.

18th March 2010

Sandy G
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Cinque Terre la Bella!
Oh, I want to go back to Italia so badly! It's gorgeous! Cinque Terre - the Italian Riviera! Viva l'Italia!

20th March 2010

Jane Petersen
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Cinque Terre
Heading to Tuscany in May . How long did you stay in C T? DId you hike the trails? Boat ? Wondering if one overnight is enough. DId you go t the farthest town first. Any help would be appreciated. Can't wait.

21st March 2010

mrmossy
Scott & Michelle

Re: Cinque Terre
Hi Jane - We stayed in the CT for 2 nights I believe. Our first stop was Monterosso (the most Northern town). Unfortunately since we were there in March many things were still closed for Winter. Though during the summer months we saw that boat rentals were available. We also spent a beautiful afternoon in Vernazza. We bought a bottle of the local wine from one of the shops and they opened it for us and gave us some cups so we could go enjoy it on the breakwater. We also picked up some pizza and had a nice relaxing afternoon sitting on the breakwater. We didn't visit the other 3 towns since we were told that Monterosso and Vernazza were the two best, perhaps with more time we would have visited. As far as how long to stay - you can definitely see everything with one overnight as there isn't a whole lot to see. But the scenery is absolutely beautiful so if you like lounging in beach towns and just relaxing you could spend more time. Hope that helps.

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