Manarola?, Cinque Terre

Parents Visit! Bella Italia--Liguria

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January 7th 2017
We stayed in a small rented house out in the country near Beverino for our visit to Cinque Terre. After we showed an inkling of enthusiasm, the effervescent keyholders called and reserved a table for us for lunch at a restaurant up the road (Trattoria La Pineta di Polverara). This kind of thing is often a scam, but the food was some of the best I’ve had in Italy (and I’ve been cooked for by ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

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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