Tag: cinqueterre
Manarola, Cinque Terre part 2/6
We visited two villages in Cinque Terre on our first day in the region. If you like to join us on this epic road trip to Tuscany from the beginning in Switzerland, click here for the first post of the series. After Corniglia, we caught the train heading back towards La Spezia and got off…
Corniglia – Cinque Terre Part 1/6
Cinque Terre is an isolated area encompassing 20 km of Mediterrannean coastline. The terrain is mountainous with terraces dug into the sides of steep hillside, above the cliffs over the Ligurian sea. Despite the isolation or perhaps because of it, the villages have become very popular destinations for hiking and swimming. I (Chris) first read…
Road trip – from Genoa to La Spezia
After Genoa, we drove southeast for about 2 hours to reach La Spezia, where we spent two nights. From there, we explored Cinque Terre (“Five Lands”) by train and by boat. If you like to join us on this epic road trip from the beginning in Switzerland, click here for the first post of the…
Looking back at our trips in 2021-2022, Part 1
Happy New Year ! It is a tradition on this blog in January to take a look back at some of the places we visited in the previous year. Since we took some time off from posting on this blog, we will review both 2021 and 2022 together. Let’s kick off with some tunes and…