Cinque Terre: The Five Wonders!

A view of village Vernazza

Cinque (pronounced as Chin-quay) Terre, which means Five Lands, are five little seaside villages:Riomaggiore, Manarola, Vernazza, Corniglia and Monterosso.These are famous for their natural beauty, scenic trails and beaches.

 

Five small villages, mainly home to fishermen and farmers, are famous for bright colored homes that are raised with massive retaining walls. Their local cuisine is equally famous.

In the olden days, fishermen painted their homes with bright colors, so that they could identify their homes while  heading back from the sea. This unique trend made the coastline a magnificent one.  

While planning our tour to Italy, people specifically mentioned to pay Cinque Terre a visit. As mentioned in my blog earlier about Pisa, we booked a tour from "Italy On a Budget Tours" to see this place.  

Cinque Terre became a famous  tourist destination somewhere around in the 1970's when it received developed railroutes . La Spezia, is the main station here. Local trains run to all five villages from this station. We visited Riomaggiore, Manarola and Vernazza.  What a sight they were!

Cinque Terre is famous for its unique dishes. We tried Farinata, which is a bread made of chickpea flour and Olive oil. They served it with a mouth watering pesto sauce.

Cinnamon Gelato, is a must try when you go there. You will find a number of exciting, local flavors here. 

Photo taken at Riomaggiore

All five towns are so beautiful that you can spend hours and hours  adoring  their  beauty. We could not resist our temptation to click our photo with such a scenic, splendid backdrop!