Saturday, July 5, 2014

Visiting the Other Cinque Terre Villages & Hiking

Today, we hit the train station & head to the furthest town, Riomaggiore.

It's beautiful…

we walk up and down the steep streets checking out the incredible views...







Ciao! Riomaggiore!  Thanks for the views!

Next stop:  Manarola
It's completely adorable.  And also stuffed with boats - amazing
These towns, chiseled into the rocky coast, are amazing.
 Ciao! Manarola!!! Back on the train

  Vernazza!!!

 Lunch  -  Reese has her pesto
 Avery & Quinn get gnocchi pomodoro

Gelato topper
 We love this quaint, charming town full of boats!

We decide to hike the last stretch back to Monterosso from Vernazza.  It's supposed to be about an hour-long trek.

Up we go...

 Vernazza is getting smaller...

The trail is steep!!! 

The views are spectacular!
There’s Vernazza behind us - way down by the water!

 Beautiful

 They're getting ahead of me

After an hour, we are about…….…half way
We see Monterosso waaaaay over there… looks tiny

We keep on truckin'

 We can see Monterosso….

…but it still looks pretty far away.  These are awfully pretty vineyards, though.

Two hours later, we are getting close.  And we see this sign for the hikers coming the other direction.  We giggle a little bit (it says, "1 hour" - HA!)
About 2 hours, 20 minutes later, we are above our favorite beach – none too soon.  

Here's a crazy guy cliff diving below us!!


It was a strenuous hike! Even by our standards and we trekked the Everest region of the Himalayas back in the day.

We reward ourselves with the 2nd Best Gelato in Tuscany!

Whew!!!

No comments:

Post a Comment