Italy summer trip - Cinque terre

Today we headed to the five villages, Cinque Terre where we were going to spend the next three days relaxing, sunbathing swimming and eating. We drove around for quite a while looking for a place to stay however all the places had been booked. So we decided to make our way to Levanto where we finally managed to find a cute little apartment to stay in. While here we wanted to complete the walk between the five villages as we heard it was an awesome experience. I think we managed to pick the perfect day as it was overcast so it wasnt as hot as it could have been. Unfortunately some of the walkway was closed due to slips so we had to tramp up the hillside through the old walkway which I think was better as we got to go right into where the olive groves are and walk through the lovely scenery.

Ash at the start of our journey on the walk through the villages



A view down from one point of our walk

How they farm their olives...

View from our walk

Another view...

One of the small villages

Paul in front of one of the villages

Ash on a little foot bridge (way up high in the hills)

Ash leading the way on our trail.

Another view from our walk

We are at the end of our walk!!

Ash enjoying a cold beer after a big day

The rest of our time in Levanto was spent relaxing and it was fantastic!! We hired a paddleboat and took that for a spin, see video below! All and all we had a great time in Levanto as we wound down from the last week or so on the road and sightseeing.

Our local for food and gelato..YUMMY

Cinque terre paddle boat from Paul Collins on Vimeo.