Cinque Terre

It is hard to say which part of Italy I liked best because each place was so different from the one before it. I loved Venice but Cinque Terre was amazing too! Cinque Terre is a national park, which was convenient because I only hike in National Parks, and it is unlike any other I have been to. Cinque Terre ( which means 5 lands) is made of 5 fishing villages that are on cliffs above the sea. The towns are linked by a train, that stop in each village and hiking trail, and roads too although we did not see the roads. The hiking trail from the first to fifth village is 9km long and broken in to 4 parts. We hiked the first, and easiest one, took the train from the 2nd to the 3rd village (because the trail was closed) and then hiked from the 3rd to the 4th and took the train to the 5th village. It was an amazing day, one that we almost gave up on because it was raining when we left on the 2 hour train ride from Florence.

There are locks on most famous bridges all over Italy. Couples put a lock on the bridge and then throw the key into the water which will, supposedly, keep them together forever

Here you can see the train tracks and the second village, Manarola.

On the first, and easiest path

The 4th village, Vernazza

The last village, Monterossa, with a beach