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Cinque Terre at Last

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July 22nd 2013
So, this morning we head off to Cinque Terre but with poor access to the internet, we are not as set up as we want to be. No matter. The info centre doesnt open till 10 so we are off to the stazione at 9.30, and throw ourselves on the mercy of the ticket man at the station. In broken english he couldn't have been more helpful. Armed with a day ticket in the national park and return tickets ... read more

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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