Walking the beautiful Italian Riviera coast between the Cinque Terre


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May 23rd 2013
Published: December 12th 2013
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After navigating our way via bus and train to the city of La Spezia, we continued on to the first town of the Cinque Terre - Riomaggiori. Checking into the tourist info centre we quickly found out the seaside walk between the first and second towns (Via dell'Amore, or Lover's Lane) was closed due to landslips, and that the only option was to train on to the second town - Manarola. Arrivin... Read Full Entry



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12th December 2013

Cinque Terre
The paths were closed when we were there over a year ago, one of them because an Aussie tourist was killed. Still an amazing place to visit, though. We stayed in Manarola but liked Vernazza the best - they have done a great job of reconstruction, haven't they? Looks like it's pretty hot for this time of the year?! I don't envy you the backpacks! Look forward to hearing about France - on my wish list :-)
17th December 2013

Challenging coastline
Did they say how long it will take to make the repairs to the track. You did a great job walking as much of it as you could. It sounds like you had a wonderful time.
17th December 2013

Cinque terre
Hi Dave & Merry Jo, thanks for your comments! We really enjoyed the Cinque Terre as you can tell, and would love to return and walk its entirety next time. Unfortunately no idea just yet on when this will be, but id say check in on its status at http://www.cinqueterretrekking.com/cinque-terre-trails-status for updates on their progress :) Thanks, Greg & Kim

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