The Five Lands consisting of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso apart from being naurally beautiful are the product of centuries of cultivation by the local population who carved a unique way of life in the small fishing villages and vertiginous olive groves and vinyards which cling to the cliffs.
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| Riomaggiore |
Today the paths along the cliffs are used by hikers and tourists visiting the area. You need to consult one of the various websites before coming to see which of the paths are open as they tend to suffer in the winter months from land slips.
The area can arrived at either by train boat or car.
If not staying in the Cinque Terre itself daytrips are easy. The trains depart from La Spezia Central station and the ferries from the port. If a calm sunny day it is nice to go by boat and visit Portovenere on the way. This way you can see the little ports from the sea and you can get a ticket which allows you to get on and off and then maybe return by train as they are more frequent.
The other day we visited by car driving to Monterosso (about and hour from Casa Colleverde) and parked in the harbour carpark.We then walked to Vernazza - a relatively easy 2 hour walk (not for those who suffer from vertigo) and a little steep at times, but beauttiful. A bottle of water is advisable.You arrive at your destination and are rewarded with a picture postcard view of Vernazza.
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| Vernazza |
We lunched in the port at the Taverna del Captinodelicious fresh seafood pasta and a local Vermentino from the region- Lunae.
We then got the train back to Monterosso.
Later in the month May18th and 19th is the fesitval of lemons at Monterosso
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| Monterosso |
When walking the paths please be considerate of the environment and other walkers and dont leave your rubbish.
A good source of information is www.parconazionale5terre.it
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