The Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera
When in Italy, start each and every day with an Italian cappuccino.
On of the favorite sitting spots on the main street of Vernazza. In the evening the same chairs and barrel morph into a casual wine bar.
A "pop-up" clothing store.
Value shopper.
A good story - the women above hanging laundry drops some clothespins into the grass below. She asks the young man for assistance. He picks them up and puts them into a piece of laundry.....
....she lowers some clothes line, he attaches it and she pulls the wrapped clothespins up to the window. Mission accomplished.
We hopped on the next local train and arrived at Monterosso al Mare a few minutes later.
Time to explore the Monterosso's beaches considered the best of the Cinque Terre. During the summer month's the beach would be crowded and umbrellas and chairs come with a rental fee.
Visitors to the Monterosso beach, from China, offered to take our picture - so here it is.
We took our own walking tour of the area surrounded Monterosso, complete with arches and hidden entrances.
Portions of the Cinque Terre trail were open (marked by the White over Red stripes).
Olive grove.
Sandbags stand guard to a gated entrance in the event of flash flooding.
Young beach construction worker.
Our water taxi docking before we embark for the Cinque Terre village ride and our destination of Portovenere.
Life jackets at the ready.
Ciao to Monterosso.
Vernazza view from the sea.
Corniglia perched on a hill is the only one of the Cinque Terre not on the water.
Corniglia
Sightseeing in style from the Ligurian Sea taxi as we pass each of the Cinque Terre villages.
Riomaggiore
Enchanting Portovenere including Grotto Byron.
Portovenere
