Sunday, October 10, 2010

Cinque Terre

We spent our final days in Italy on the stunning coastline known as the Cinque Terre - the five villages.

The first of the villages below is Monterosso.





A difficult walk (for John) or a short train ride (for Judy) and you arrive at Vernazza.































We then both took the train to the next village of Manarola.



Our final village (for us it was the Cuatro Terre) was perched on one of the highest cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. It is called Corniglia



Before leaving Italy and crossing the border into France we had the opportunity to spend a few hours in one of the most beautiful of the towns on the Italian Riviera, Portofino. You can see why it is a favourite amongst the rich and famous to moor their yachts for a while...










1 comment:

  1. Amazing how these villages are built perched up on the edged of a cliff. Views just fantastic. Judy showed me her photos of your trip last week so they are very similar (of course) Great work John.

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