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Cinque Terre
 Cinque Terre ... the sea. Five little villages are built into the rocks between the beach and the hills. The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in the Liguria region of Italy. "Discovered" by foreigners in the late 20th century, they have come to be among the most popular areas of Italy among tourists. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park by the same name. The Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Newest Review: ... I got to this luxury was in the next village along the coast, Levanto. Villa Margarita is an old villa restored by Frederico. The villa may not be five star but its very clean, has an excellent shower and the staff are 24 carat. After a two minute walk to the railway station I managed to buy, with five words of Italian, my 5 Terre pass for £1.75. It meant I could hop on the train as ... more ... many times as I liked for the five minute journey between villages. A tip to remember is that all train tickets in Italy have to be validated in the little yellow boxes found on the platforms. You could try to talk your way out of a fine ...more |
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Cinque Terre: Hey Pesto (991 words)
by - written on 28/01/02 (Very useful, 700 readings)
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When I started to plan my trip around Italy I kept finding references to an area called Cinque Terre. Curiosity got the better of me and I started to research what Cinque Terre was actually like. The name literally means five lands. Twelve miles of very rocky shoreline weaves its way along the top left hand of Italy in the Ligurian coast just west of La Spezia (Top left of the boot). The coastline is punctuated with five small villages, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare, which make up the area called Cinque Terre. The one thing that sets these villages apart is that there are no cars or roads connecting them, the only ... Read the complete review
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