Friday, September 12, 2014

Cinque Terre


By the end of the day, we'd walked and climbed almost seven miles.

Cinque Terre (Five Lands) is a string of villages on the Mediterranean side of Italy, a couple of hours northwest of Florence.   These settlements date from 800 AD, early middle ages, and they're connected by high stone paths.

Groves of olive trees border these paths; crops and vineyards line the terraced hillsides above the paths.

We bussed to Manarola from Florence. Then uphill steps from Manarola to Corniglia, and a seafood lunch in Corniglia.

The big push was long, winding hike from Corniglia to Vernazza...where most of these photos were taken.  Then one train stop to Monteresso, a short boat ride to get us back to Riomaggiore, and back to Firenze.

Looking back on Corniglia from the trail.


    

Vernazza, the end of the longest hike.












No comments:

Post a Comment