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Cinque Terre, Italy
The five villages of the Cinque Terre, perched atop cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, form stunning scenery that is not to be missed. Frequent train service connects the five towns with each other and the larger towns of La Spezia and Genoa and peaceful hiking paths connect the towns through the winding vineyards supported by drywalls three times as long as the Great Wall of China in total length. Hiking from end to end of the Cinque Terre is easily possible in a day, though the weather can get extremely hot in summer.

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First view from Riomaggiore
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Fruits
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Just before the first hike.
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Via Dell'Amore
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Short detour to the rocks below
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Rocks and the Mediterranean
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Rocks and the Via Dell'Amore above
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Water crashing into the shore
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Shirley going back up
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Random photographic experiment
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More of the Via Dell'Amore
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Via Dell'Amore
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All kinds of plants growing in the region
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Approaching Manarola
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Manarola train station
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A street in Manarola
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Buildings in Manarola
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Manarola village and farming terraces
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On the way out of Manarola towards the vineyards...
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Farming terraces on the mountains
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Farming terraces and 11000 km of drywalls
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Climbing up into the vineyards
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Steps on the trail
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View towards the sea
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View of Manarola and sea
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Inside a church
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Grape vines
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Grapes
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Another view of the sea and Manarola
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Another view of Manarola
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Yellow flowers
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Another view of Manarola
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View of Corniglia
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Corniglia - the only village fully above sea level
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Another flower
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Approaching Corniglia
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Amy on the trail
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Distant coast
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Entering Corniglia
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Looking back at Manarola
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Inside Corniglia
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Inside Corniglia
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Outside of a store in Corniglia
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I'm not quite sure what this is
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On the pathway to Vernazza
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Everyone on the bridge
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Another view of the sea
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View of Corniglia
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View of Corniglia and Manarola in the distance
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Everyone on the hill
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Colourful flowers and sea
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Cacti
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Approaching Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Pesto and Olive Oil
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Vernazza
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Vernazza
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Boats and sunset
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Morning in Riomaggiore
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Bus ride to Biassa
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View of Biassa and La Spezia (I think) in the distance
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View from Telegrafo (600m)
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View from Telegrafo
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Telegrafo
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Boats in the Mediterranean
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Random butterfly
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Back in Riomaggiore
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Buildings in Riomaggiore
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Rocks and water
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Rocks and the coast
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Rocks and water
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We wanted to go to Corniglia again but it would mean 377 steps again
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Another view of the coast
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Monterosso beach full in the the daytime
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Green water under the rocks
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Monterosso coast
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Monterosso train station
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