Cinque Terres and on to Savonna

Our last day of this holiday was th the Cinque Terres - a destination that had been on the list for a while.

We left our hotel in Montecatini and drove up the coast to the south of Genoa. We collected our guide at Manaola and boarded a train that took us along the coast to Riomaggiore.

The Cinque Terres is a series of once isolated villages in bays. Getting from one to another is by trains that go through the mountains, sea or a long climb up and down.

The tourist route is by sea from where one can see even the most isolated of the villages.

At Riomaggiore where we had a walk around the village.



Then we headed for the boat. We had seen the harbour (top photo) but that wasn't where the boat came in.






So getting onto the boat would be the first challenge: a rather animated gangplank. Fortunately, the crew were on hand to get us all on.




Then we set off up the coast to Manarola, Cornigila, Vernazza, plus several smaller communes. before Montorosso where we left the boat, had a short tour and then looked around the town.




We then returned along the coast, but this time continued on to La Speiza where our bus was waiting. We continued towards France, round Genoa and spent the night a Savonna, which was where we ate lunch on the first day of our holiday.

Now we are on our way home. We stopped for and apero at noon where this photo of the group was taken.




- Pat and John on tour