This morning, we caught the train to the southern end of the Cinque Terre at Riomaggiore and walked to Manarola. This is the easy section of the famous Cinque Terre Walk - called Via dell Amore….. Lovers’ Lane! At one point, people write their names on a padlock, lock it to the fence and throw the key into the Mediterranean as a symbol of everlasting love. Knowing that our love is secure, we kept our padlocks for our bags as we were not so sure about them.
From Manarola, we walked on to Corniglia. On this trip, we have now walked 3 of the 4 parts of the walk. Last time we were here, we walked from Vernazze (where we are staying) to Monterosso. This is the most difficult section of the walk - steep, twisting, very narrow path and hundreds of steps. You should always leave something for next time we thought.
We then caught the train beyond the northern end of the Cinque Terre to levanto and explored the market and the beach before returning as far as Monterosso by train. We have now visited all 5 villages of the Cinque Terre as well as the larger towns at either end. Monterosso is a more typical Mediterranean beach - overweight bodies only partly clad, lots of colourful umbrellas and sun lounges for hire.
Back in Vernazza, we relaxed and enjoyed a swim. Tomorrow, we depart for Milan.
2 comments:
The padlock thing? How totally sweet.
Those hills make the Giant Staircase in the Blue Mountains look easy!
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