Travelled by train to La Spezia which is just below the Cinque Terre World Heritage area. A good place to hop onto a boat or train to explore the area. We actually went to an area just outside of the CT. on our first day, Porto Venere, caught a boat so we got to approach the village from the sea. Very like the other fishing villages that fall within the CT. It is amazing how they just build up the cliffs, and also produce great wine and olive oil scratched out of the little soil that clings onto the hillsides. We did the 5 villages in the CT the next day using a rail pass, luckily, as the boats couldn't sail due to the rough seas which had come up. All the villages were quaint in their own ways but our favourite was Manarola. Tried the local specialty wine - Sciacchetria , a lovely sweet and thick desert wine only produced in the Cinque Terre area, and also a locally produced red, not sure if they were meant to be drunk while eating grilled octopus, but hey, we enjoyed all of it.
No comments:
Post a Comment