Trek to the other villages

Train strike starts tonight at 9pm, so we decided to trek to the other villages today. We’d planned to do this over 2 days but tomorrow isn’t certain with the trains. We visited Corniglia high on a hill and wandered around a bit, had some delicious frozen lemonade and saw some beautiful views of the sea.

We had a 3pm reservation to walk the Via Dell’amore, the “walk of love” from Riomaggiore to Monarola, so hopped on the train to eat lunch and have some time in Riomaggiore and then took our time walking along the sea in beautiful weather to Monarola. This walk isn’t like the other treks from village to village, it’s a paved walk tucked along the hillside with incredible views of the sea, and easy compared to the others.

We made it back to Monterosso in time for an afternoon siesta and out to dinner Italian style… a bit later than our usual. Dinner was fantastic and the weather all day was just amazing. We have one more day in this little bit of heaven on earth and then off to Verona.Read more