The next day we took a train from Levanto and started our journey through five villages – Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare, Riomaggiore and Vernazza.
When you arrive in any of the villages, you get the feeling, that they almost stand on the last fingertip of land and that they will sink into the sea every moment now.
For centuries, the five small villages have been inaccessible by land due to the steep terrain. Each of them has something different to offer:
- Monterosso a famous beach, a monastery with some fine paintings and an ancient castle.
- Corniglia great views of the other towns
- Vernazza with crashing waves and the ramparts of a ruined medieval tower.
- Riomaggiore is famous for having numerous aquariums and towns vineyards
- Manarola, an authentic fishing village, is most probably the most genuine of them all. It may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the cornerstone of the church, San Lorenzo, dating from 1338.
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