liguria

By caplanco from Colorado, Fall 2007 September 21 - October 28, 2006 Opening "i"s along the way from the Dolomites to Rome. Caplanco and her husband travel from the North of Italy down to Rome over the course of five weeks, visiting as many "i"s (aka tourist information offices) as they can...

Trip Plan After our Switzerland trip, we went on to Italy. In Switzerland we spent 2 nights in Zurich on arrival, pickup up a rental car, 2 nights in Konstanz, Germany, then 2 weeks in Saanen, near Gstaad in the Swiss Alps. From there we drove to Liguria. Link to Switzerland trip report. 11...

Trip Itinerary So after three years, we are off again to Italy. Here is our itinerary. 1 - April 26: Sesto Calende (near Malpensa) 2 - April 27-May 2: Turin (Piemonte) 3 - May 2-6: Asti (Piemonte) 4 - May 6-10: Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna) 5 - May 10-12: Lerici (Liguria) 6 - May 12-17: San...

Sunny!

Breakfast at Barolino before leaving Levanto.

Vernazza train station. The trains were not that crowded.

Vernazza.

Vernazza.

Vernazza.

Coming down into Vernazza.

Along the trail.

Looking ahead to Vernazza.

Along the trail two men playing music, this man selling fresh juice and someone selling jewellery.

Nose-to-tail hiking for 2 hours. Beautiful but there are other trail that are less crowded.

Monterosso at the start of the hike.

Washing day. View from our apartment.

Looking up the coast to the Cinque Terre.

The harbour.

Santuario Nostra Signora di Soviore, Historic church above Monterosso al Mare.

Hill town above Levanto. There are many in this valley.