Cinque Terra

[Adesmar123]

We will be visiting in June of this year (22). Any words of wisdom concerning towns, hotels, restaurants etc?

Thanks

 

[Waquoit]

I've honestly never heard of it.

 

[8893]

Didn't make it there last time we went to Italy, but plan to next time. Our best friends went there several years ago and raved about it.

Rick Steves and Fodors have been very dependable for us elsewhere:

Cinque Terre

Tucked between Genoa and Pisa, along a mountainous and seductive six-mile stretch of the Italian Riviera, lie the Cinque Terre — five (cinque) traffic-free villages carving a good life out of difficult terrain. Each village fills a ravine with a lazy hive of human activity. Calloused locals and...

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[storrsroars]

It was a stop on a Meditteranean cruise my brother and SIL took a few years ago. They spent about 6 hours there and said it was their favorite place in Italy.

Other than the short train ride from La Spezia and a day in Rome on a guided tour, it was also their only place in Italy

 

[FfldCntyFan]

It was a stop on a Meditteranean cruise my brother and SIL took a few years ago. They spent about 6 hours there and said it was their favorite place in Italy.

Other than the short train ride from La Spezia and a day in Rome on a guided tour, it was also their only place in Italy

You can't do Rome in a day. There is far too much to see, covering any of many different era's.

 

[storrsroars]

You can't do Rome in a day. There is far too much to see, covering any of many different era's.

I tried to tell him that. And that cruises attract the worst kind of people

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I have not been there since '98 and I was flat broke and rented a room from a very, very old woman who spoke no English. From what I have heard it has become relatively flooded with tourists, but I feel like everyone says that about places they visited a long time ago. It's the only place on earth where I have genuinely enjoyed pesto.

I hope people can give you recommendations for restaurants, hotels etc. but if it's anything like I remember the recommendations won't really matter because you will be completely captivated by the almost absurd beauty and romanticism of the place.

 

[storrsroars]

I have not been there since '98 and I was flat broke and rented a room from a very, very old woman who spoke no English. From what I have heard it has become relatively flooded with tourists, but I feel like everyone says that about places they visited a long time ago. It's the only place on earth where I have genuinely enjoyed pesto.

I hope people can give you recommendations for restaurants, hotels etc. but if it's anything like I remember the recommendations won't really matter because you will be completely captivated by the almost absurd beauty and romanticism of the place.

Youthful international vagabond romantic has never been in my mental picture of you.

So, how'd you get the money to get home? Did the folks wire you cash or did someone pay you to intimidate a soccer ref?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

So, how'd you get the money to get home? Did the folks wire you cash or did someone pay you to intimidate a soccer ref?

Funny you ask, I think it’s the only time in my life someone’s ever wired me money. I begged my dad to wire me enough cash for a flight home. I think the only reason he did was I had to be back at school in a day or so.

That was a World Cup summer and I was living and tending bar at a pub in the London area. A wild (and frankly pretty dangerous) summer.