Our bus ride to Cinque Terre took us along the northwest coast of Italy and past the white marble mountains of Carrera where Michelangelo and many other sculptors got the stones for their marvelous artwork.
These five villages can be reached by train or boat, and two of them can be reached by road. The only village we didn’t visit was Corniglia, which is perched on the mountain without a harbor. It can only be reached by train.
Our journey began in the village of Manarola where our bus dropped us off. We walked through the village, then down a paved trail known as ‘Via dell’Amore’ (Lovers Walk) to the village of Riomaggiore, about two kilometers away.
After exploring that village, we caught a boat for a short ride to Vernazza, where we had about 45 minutes to see the village.
Then, we caught the boat again to the village of Monterosso where we spent a couple of hours before boarding our bus for the return trip to Livorno and our ship. These are charming villages which, when we were here previously, were ‘off the beaten track’.
Well, someone has beaten that track, because everywhere we went, there were people, people, and more people.We thoroughly enjoyed our day, but it would have been better if it were less crowded.
On our trip back to the ship, we passed the city of Pisa and we could see, in the distance, the famous leaning tower. The ship sailed at 7:30 PM for our final destination, Rome.
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