Although we were there for only two days, I took about 150 photos, so you see, I've actually cut it down quite a bit!
On Saturday we got the 10 minute train ride from Manarola to the next town of Monterosso; we had walked this part last year. Then we set off on the track to Levanto. It was still quite a hard path, but with less woodland, and a lot more people, it being the weekend.
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| View from our window in the morning |
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| Now that the strike was over, we could get one step up the line by train, to Monterosso |
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| A block of the native marble in a wall at the start of the path |
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| Another wall - this time of beautiful green serpentine |
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On the trail of the lonesome pine ...
Looking back over the whole coast of the Cinque Terre |
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| The whole area is a maze of trails, |
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| Some of the trail was quite rough ... |
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| ... but in places steps made things better ... |
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| ... and some stretches were positively relaxing ... |
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Finally - Levanto - not quite so pretty, perhaps because it is built on the flat
and has not evolved the attractive terracing of the others towns |
this is the way to "do" the cinque terre, away from the maddening crowd...
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