Hiking the Cinque Terre!

This past weekend we took a trip to the Cinque Terre on the northern coast of Italy. The Cinque Terre is a group of five small cliff side cities connected by steep hiking trails overlooking the sea.(Inaccessible by cars).We took a train to La Spezia, about 4 hours north of Rome and about 5 minutes from the start of the trails. The next morning we headed to Riomaggiore where we started hiking! Definitely was the most beautiful place I have ever been or hiked through. The hiking paths were well kept in most areas, but at times you were literally hiking on trails about one foot wide along a cliff with amazing views...it was unbelievable!

Each town in the Cinque Terre has one section of houses that are literally clumped on edges of the cliffs, and are all painted pastel colors. The Cinque Terre towns are known for their white wine and fresh seafood. Along the trails were miles and miles of grapes that the locals use to make their own wine, and David had every type of seafood imaginable...he was loving it! In Corniglia, the third town on the path we had to climb up 382 steps just to get to the town, picking grapes along the way to snack on…It was so secluded ..and crazy that people actually live there.

We searched for a place to stay for the night and ended up finding a hostel in the last town of Monterosso that was surprisingly nice! After hiking all day, we went out in Monterosso and spent the next day on the gorgeous cliff side beach before catching our train back to Rome. We are so lucky to be able to have experiences like this one!