cinque terre

It was a glorious day when we set out from Villa 1 to explore the Cinque Terre.

You hear about these wonderful places and decide to go.

At some point logistics have to enter the exercise.

So, in 3 separate vehicles we entered a key car park in La Spezia into the GPS. 1 hour and 20 minutes. Got lost on the way to carpark, due to the GPS not being updated by Avis rent a car.

Finally rendez voused in the car park with the free shuttle bus to the main street. Sought directions to the ferry terminal from friendly natives.

Lined up with 200 others to buy tickets and at 11.30 were on the boat to Porte Nevere.

At Porte Nevere a change of ferry and then finally on our way between the 5 villages that make up the Cinque Terre.

Village no. 1 Rio Maggiore. We continued through to Village number 5.

This one called Monterossa. Lunch and fast stroll here before moving on to...

Vernazza, which some of us explored and some jumped off rocks into the Mediterranean. (And I'm the one with the broken wrist)

Manarola we gave a miss (and the other 3) as we had to find our way home again before the last boat sailed.

Time for a quick gelati before the boat to La Spezia.

Now, what was the number of that bus???