THE CINQUE TERRE PATHS

looking north-west towards punta mesco with monterosso to the right

looking north-west towards punta mesco with monterosso to the right

THE PATHS OF THE CINQUE TERRE ARE OPEN!

THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE ON THE SOUTH-WEST FACING ‘RIVIERA DI LEVANTE’ IS UNUSUALLY FREE OF CROWDS AT THE MOMENT

THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE HAS REPAIRED ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR PATHS: ‘LA BECCARA’ linking THE VILLAGES OF RIOMAGGIORE AND MANAROLA. THIS walk is only about 1 1/2 km LONG but it involves 600 steps, climbing a height of 250 metres and descending again

THE park service REPAIRED 278 STONE AND WOODEN STEPS, AS WELL AS STABILISING 49 DRY-STONE WALLS AND RENEWING 270 METRES OF WOODEN RAILINGS, thus re-opening what is currently the only LAND-LINK between the two villages

THE park service REPAIRED 278 STONE AND WOODEN STEPS, AS WELL AS STABILISING 49 DRY-STONE WALLS AND RENEWING 270 METRES OF WOODEN RAILINGS, thus re-opening what is currently the only LAND-LINK between the two villages

the view TOWARDS manarola AT SUNSET

the view TOWARDS manarola AT SUNSET

THE HIGHER THAT ONE CLIMBS ON THE PATHS THE MORE ONE IS REWARDED BY THE NATURAL FRAGRANCES THAT INSPIRED LARIA: THE GREEN HERBS, THE SEA BREEZE AND THE CHESTNUT TREES, CURRENTLY IN BLOSSOM

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