M&L

Cinque Terra & Rome

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May 4th 2008
Just a few days in Cinque Terra, but it was worth the trip, 3 hours on a train from Nice. Each day we visited a few of the five different towns that make up the Cinque Terra. You can walk an hour or two between the villages or take the train or the boat. Each town has it's own charm, pastel coloured houses built over the cliffs, narrow allies crammed with shops and bright coloured boats. We ate lo ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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