Cards On a Train

Cinque Terre

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June 2nd 2016
Geo: 44.1363, 9.68502Today, we took an hour and a half bus ride to pick up a ferry boat that took us an hour to Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre is an idyllic cluster of five villages set on seaside cliffs. We explored the towns of Vernazza and Monterosso, and then travelled back to our hotel via an hour long train ride. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Vernazza

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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