Cinque Terre - SP

July 19, 2013
After breakfast in the camper van area of the service station, we left the motorway in Levanto and found us a suitable car park where we paid for a whole day stay. We then made a special ticket for the Cinque Terre Trail and Trains, so we could walk the trail from Monterosso to Vernazza and then to Corniglia, and we took the train to the other Terre, as the trail had been interrupted by landslide nearly two years ago.


From the same year's floods that caused the landslides (2011), we witnessed the remains of a house, built too close to the river that overflowed...





  




The walk was good, but with lots of ups and down, for the mountain there is very steep... the day was also really hot so we did a fair bit of sweating...

Monterosso

In Vernazza we lunched with a piece of local focaccia, always a must in Liguria, :) before walking on towards Corniglia, our next destination.

Vernazza

After Corniglia we caught the train to Riomaggiore, thinking of reaching Manarola on the next walk, but that was interrupted too, so we just caught the train back to Monterosso for a swim. Then, back on the train to Levanto and the car.

Corniglia

Leaving the Cinque Terre we decided not to take the motorway, but to use the normal road, so when a sign for a Hotel and Restaurant caught our attention we decided to follow it, as it was going towards the top of the mountain. When we reached the place we found ourselves very high up, with great views over the sea. We then asked the owners of the place if they knew where we could go to sleep with our Qubo, somewhere not too far and with toilet facilities... like we hoped, the lady told us we could stop there for the night, so we gladly accepted and remained for dinner, as a way of thanking them for their hospitality. The food was very good and the portions well generous. The place was very quiet and we really enjoyed our time there!

Our stop for the night