Conquering the Cinque Terre

On Tuesday we arrived in Livorno but instead of visiting Pisa and Lucca as we had originally planned, we set off for the Cinque Terre by taxi and 2 trains.


After arriving by train at La Spezia, we caught the local train to Riomaggiore, the first of the 5 villages. All the villages are still suffering from the devastating mud flows last October but we enjoyed the quaintness of the villages.

We set off on the 1st walk to Manarola known as the Via D’Amore. Took lots of photos of the views and drank coffee at a shop hanging out over the cliff. Only 2 of the 4 walks are open at the moment.

From Manarola we caught a train to Vernazza, the worst affected from the mud slides. While it was great to visit, it is yet to be fully restored.

We even managed to visit our previous accommodation which is in process of restoration. We enjoyed walking round the little harbour before retracing our steps back to the ship.

For the 3rd time, we had conquered the Cinque Terre.

      
                                     Walking the Via d'Amore.

The beach at Vernazza - not as pristine as we remembered.

                                    Where's Wally?  (or Helen)