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The place we stayed
One of the highlights of our stay in Cinque Terre has been the rental place owned by Rosanna and Salvatore. There are very few rental places where the hosts are engaged with you and where they have literally thought of everything. The place is very compact but functional. There is enough closet space, enough drawers…
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Vernazza
Today we went to Vernazza – wandering around a bit and still had an hour to kill before noon so headed to Corniglia for lunch. We ate at a very nice restaurant with a view called Marea. Vernazza is the only one of the Cinque Terre with a natural harbour while Corniglia is the only…
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Cinque Terre – Manarola
We were supposed to walk over to Manarola on the Via dell’ Amore (lover’s walk) – bought the ticket, arrived at the right time to find it was closed due to the possibility of thunderstorms. We looked up – nice blue sky – but apparently the weather person had spoken and that was that. So…
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Cinque Terre – Riomaggiore
We are staying in Riomaggiore – one of the Cinque Terre. We rented an Airbnb from Rosanna & Sylvestre. They call the place Guilia (pronounced similar to Julie’s actual name – Julia) named after there daughter. They are the nicest couple. Neither spoke very much english but they were extremely friendly and helpful. Rosanna was…
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Last Days in Lucca
Our last days wandering around Lucca: we came across a neighbourhood street party, a craft market, a Romanian Orthodox Church and had a meal at the best restaurant so far in Italy – Osteria da Pasquale here in Lucca. They not only presented us with a great appetizer that we didn’t order but the main…
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