Introduction
Literally, it translates as “Five Lands”; not that romantic anymore, eh?
These so-called “Five Lands” are actually five small fishing villages located on the italian coast, just a bit south of Genova and 2 hours north-west from Florence; the name of this region is Liguria and it borders with Tuscany, another famous part of Italy. You probably already heard some of these towns names: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore (from west to east).
These tiny villages are all built on some steep cliffs of the Ligurian coast and while, back in the days, they were living just on fishing, now the main source of income is tourism for sure; fishing is still in practice, but nowadays is mostly to serve restaurants and tourism activities in general.
The colorful houses that you can spot wandering around these places, together with the breathtaking views that you can enjoy from the harbours and the viewpoints are just a couple of reasons about why the Cinque Terre became so famous nowadays.
The best way to explore these places is to get there by car or train; most of the tourists will have quite an hard time driving all the way to Cinque Terre, mainly for the narrow roads and the traffic in some points, but in this way you’ll be able to take your time to visit each single town and stop there till late (or sleep there) without having a strict schedule to follow. The train, as I was saying before, it’s also an option: they are well connected with the near city (La Spezia), and there’s a train stop in every single town, so if you don’t feel like driving you can always use the train to move around between the Cinque Terre.
1. MANAROLA
2. RIOMAGGIORE
3. VERNAZZA
4. PORTOVENERE
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