BY WORLD TOUR
The Cinque Terre, are five small villages on the "Costa Ligure of
Levante". The villages from north to south are: Monterosso al Mare,
Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. Since 1926, the Cinque
Terre towns have been part of the province of La Spezia.
This territory was long isolated and the characteristic Ligurian culture has been conserved. The five villages were only reached by the outside world about one hundred years ago, when the railway line was built.
The chain of mountains that surrounds these villages runs parallel to the "Appennino Mountains" and creates small insenature, steep valleys where the towns are situated. This makes for a unique landscape, different from the rest of the coast. Right in the center of this landscape during the centuries was placed the man Ligure, always in struggle and always in love with its territory. The result of this geography is the typical houses liguri, the narrow bands and the knoll in terrace built on the rocks.
Quotes about the Cinque Terre
"A little piece of heaven, Cinque Terre", by Mary Paige Timberlake
"The view was like a vision described in novels; a tiny town that hovered on jagged cliffs and sparkling blue water, and by no means did the "visions" stop through out the day..."
"Destination: Cinque Terre", story and photos by Sergio Ortiz
".. just south of Portofino, five towns on the Ligurian Sea maintain the charm and character of Italian villages of the past. Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore are the pastel towns that make up Cinque Terre (five lands). They are vintage settlements where life moves in the key of easy -- each town clinging to the rocky coast, defying gravity and, most of all, defying time....."
"Hidden Gems on the Italian Riviera", Los Angeles Times
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| Cinque Terre, Rio Maggiore, Italy. |
This territory was long isolated and the characteristic Ligurian culture has been conserved. The five villages were only reached by the outside world about one hundred years ago, when the railway line was built.
The chain of mountains that surrounds these villages runs parallel to the "Appennino Mountains" and creates small insenature, steep valleys where the towns are situated. This makes for a unique landscape, different from the rest of the coast. Right in the center of this landscape during the centuries was placed the man Ligure, always in struggle and always in love with its territory. The result of this geography is the typical houses liguri, the narrow bands and the knoll in terrace built on the rocks.
Quotes about the Cinque Terre
"A little piece of heaven, Cinque Terre", by Mary Paige Timberlake
"The view was like a vision described in novels; a tiny town that hovered on jagged cliffs and sparkling blue water, and by no means did the "visions" stop through out the day..."
"Destination: Cinque Terre", story and photos by Sergio Ortiz
".. just south of Portofino, five towns on the Ligurian Sea maintain the charm and character of Italian villages of the past. Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore are the pastel towns that make up Cinque Terre (five lands). They are vintage settlements where life moves in the key of easy -- each town clinging to the rocky coast, defying gravity and, most of all, defying time....."
"Hidden Gems on the Italian Riviera", Los Angeles Times
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