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Breakfast was included in our room rate and there was a coffee machine, cereal and pastries to satisfy us.
We started the day by taking a train from Corniglia to Monterosso, the first town. Monterosso was a slightly larger town than Corniglia, it had a nice beach, more restaurants and shops. We had lunch here (I had a black squid ink noodles with oranges, tomato and zucchinis - YUM, again the veggies were so fresh, sweet and juicy).
It started sprinkling a little as we began our hike on the walking path from Monterosso to Levanto (the second town) at 2:30pm. The light rain was actually really refreshing and cooling on the (strenuous) hike up the mountain. We climbed like a million steps (a solid 30-40 mins) uphill before we hit the plateau. But omg... The views all along the way were breathtaking! Definitely worth the uphill struggle. It was also quite energizing doing some serious exercise (and not just shopping)...we needed to burn off all the excess fat we gained from the past few weeks of (over)eating!
We arrived at 4:30pm at Levanto. Walked around the picturesque town and found THE BEST PISTACHIO GELATO I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!! Andie agreed on this claim. It tasted very nutty, like you could taste the fresh pistachio nuts. Very natural and awesome!! Unexplainable awesomeness!! ...am salivating just thinking about it!
It was raining quite a bit now..so we caught a train to get from Levanto to the 4th town, Manarola. There is a schiaccetra museum (a sweet raisin wine famous in this region), but was closed by the time we arrived at 5:30pm. Manarola wasn't as pretty as Monterosso, Levanto nor Corniglia. The town was one main street stretching from the sea up the hill with shops and restaurants all along. However, we did witness a bunch of American teens who had climbed up onto a rock about 10m high, and were jumping off it into the sea, whilst waves were wild and crashing hardly against it. Haha. Stupid Americans.
Unfortunately, it was raining even harder now so we couldn't make it to the last town (and apparently the prettiest), Riomaggiore. We headed back to Corniglia via train, freshened up and went out for dinner at 'Enoteca' wine bar, having the €15 for 5 wines degustation. The wines we tried were all from this region of Italy, with a few from Cinque Terre. The whites were great (better than reds). Had a a grilled veggies platter to have with the wines. Another perfect finish to such a great day in the Cinque Terre.
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