Cinque is Italian for the number five.
And, there’s a group of five towns in Italy that are known as the Cinque Terre. We had a three night visit planned there.
The five Cinque Terre towns are nestled in the Ligurian Sea coast.
We arrived in the Cinque Terre town Monterosso and did all the touristy things; take a ferry ride between towns, walk each town (which ain’t easy cause these towns are built on steep cliffs), watch the rock divers, eat gelato, dine on catch-of-the-day fish, etc. etc.
Ferry boats connect the towns, serving up postcard views at each stopThe Ligurian Sea seems be pretty warm, we haven’t dipped a toe yet, but others have.
Leaving Cinque Terre we headed to Lucca, the birthplace of Puccini, for opera, an easy bike ride on the towns medieval wall and everything else Rick Steve’s Italy guidebook told us to do.
Highlight of Lucca was a opera recital at the Church of Santi Giovanni e Reparata, it was a lovely hour of Puccini and Verdi selections.
Bike riding on Lucca’s two and a half mile wall.
After that we had a five night open spot in our calendar, aka being homeless. Talking about what to do for the next five nights, we figured we could go to a couple more towns maybe Genoa or Turin for sightseeing with the attendant train rides, schedules and decisions, or…
Maybe just relax and do NOTHING!
The perfect place to do that?
The exquisite Cinque Terre for five more nights!
We’ve found a great place to stay with a water and sunset view from the patio, and a bright cozy bedroom, this’ll be perfect.
