Hiking and Exploring the Cinque Terre
(note, this post is under construction - photos and more details to come!!)
One of my favorite escapes!
The Cinque Terre (five lands) are five very beautiful, vividly colorful fishing villages located on cliffs overlooking the sea. A Unesco World Heritage Site since 1997, and thus frequented by tourists, the Cinque Terre isn't the undiscovered virgin land it once was. That doesn't mean it isn't worth every square inch of its beauty! In this post I'm going to share both the hiking/walking adventures available as well as what to see in each of the five villages.
The Hiking/Walking trails offer unbelievable scenery which draw many tourist to the Cinque Terre. A few of the most favored trails, the easier, shorter ones between the villages, are closed. But not all of them! And there is plenty of hiking surrounding the CT as well.
There are two trails between each of the villages - the lower one and upper one. I'm going to warn you now, the upper trail is long and diffic…
One of my favorite escapes!
The Cinque Terre (five lands) are five very beautiful, vividly colorful fishing villages located on cliffs overlooking the sea. A Unesco World Heritage Site since 1997, and thus frequented by tourists, the Cinque Terre isn't the undiscovered virgin land it once was. That doesn't mean it isn't worth every square inch of its beauty! In this post I'm going to share both the hiking/walking adventures available as well as what to see in each of the five villages.
The Hiking/Walking trails offer unbelievable scenery which draw many tourist to the Cinque Terre. A few of the most favored trails, the easier, shorter ones between the villages, are closed. But not all of them! And there is plenty of hiking surrounding the CT as well.
There are two trails between each of the villages - the lower one and upper one. I'm going to warn you now, the upper trail is long and diffic…
