The Cinque Terre, or the five lands, with its pastel-colored fishing villages and terraced hillsides covered with vines and olives, constitutes one of Italy’s most impressive landscapes. What is unique about this area is that it was crafted by humans: carrying rock after rock up the hillsides on their shoulders and using these rocks to build low walls without any form of cement, they painstakingly transformed the steep mountainsides into cultivable terraces. Before the advent of the railway in the middle of the 20th century, the ancient systems of hillside footpaths were the towns' only link to the outside world. These winding ways still form one of the most amazing coastal routes in Europe. Enjoy the village of Riomaggiore with its jumble of sun-washed houses, all pinks and yellows and blues tumbling toward the sea; savor the view on the sloping vineyards of Corniglia, the bustling trattorias of Monterosso or the simple pleasure of following a centuries-old walking path along the rocky coast.

The Cinque Terre is really a masterpiece of landscape architecture! 

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Cinque Terre & Italian Riviera

4 nights/5 days

2010 PRICE:

Euro 890,00

2010 DATE:

10/10 - 14/10