A Day in the Cinque Terre
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You can take the train through the Cinque Terre, twenty minutes from village to village. We walked. It was lovelier and a good deal harder.
The trail clings to the cliffs, now across vineyard terraces, now through narrow lanes with washing strung overhead.
Every village looks like a spilled box of paints.
The five villages
Monterosso — the only real beach
Vernazza — the prettiest harbour
Corniglia — up on the rock, but no way down to the sea
Manarola — the postcard view
Riomaggiore — loveliest in the evening
In the end we sat on the pier with tired legs and ate fritto misto from a paper cone. The day got no better — and didn’t need to.