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Vernazza!!
From the top as I am finishing my hike towards it from Corniglia
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Stunning views of Corniglia as it emerges from ...
within the trees as I finish my hike from Volastra
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Manarola: From a distance
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Main Square in Manarola
Where the boats are docked in a patio
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me at the Manarola harbor (sea level)
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The rugged cliffs
View of the Liguria and the cliffs as we start the "Walkway of Love" (Villa D'Amore)
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Cinque Terre Day 2 Awesome 098
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The house where I stayed (room on top to the right)
Next to a 18th century church in Riomaggiore, 45 euros a night with breakfast! :)
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Village of Manarola
Houses are literally built into the rocks and notice how they are all using a certain vibrant earthy color pattern
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Parts of Villa'D Amore
Built literally into the rockface
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Villa'D Amore (walkway of love)
This very romantic walkway was built in the 60s hugging the ridgeline
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From a verandah in Corniglia
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Notice the snow....
in the background...with the seaside cliffs in the foreground
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Do you see Manarola in the distance?
Against the light blue background of the Ligurian sea?
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Me in seaside hilltop in Corniglia
With the village of Manarola behind in the distance
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The path of my hike
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Looking down ...the drop to the sea
This is during my hike from Manarola -> Corniglia
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Wow!!
I am at above 3000 ft at this point looking down at Manarola.
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Corniglia in fading light
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As I approach Vernazza from the back where the trail ends
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VERNAZZA: Church
In the main piazza in the evening light
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Lost somewhere in the trails above the Ligurian sea
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Railway station right on the water
Corniglia railway station :-)
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Riomaggiore
Church right next to where I stayed: notice the snow up on top
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Cluster of buildings in Riomaggiore
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Manarola Train Station
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Villa'D Amore (walkway of love)
As I'm leaving Manarola around the bend ....
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Piazza in Vernazza in fading light
Halo around the bulbs as they come on....
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Me in a balcony in Corniglia
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Manarola
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Little shrine built within the rocks
near Manarola
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Manarola main square
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Bar/Restaurent in Villa D'Amore
Village of Manarola in the distance
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Streets of Manarola
What are those little statues (white) on top of the hills? I don't know
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Stepped farming.....
In the hills surrounding Manarola
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Steps leading up to the town of Corniglia
I climbed that at night as well
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Villa'D Amore (walkway of love)
The hillside erosion bands seen here
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MANAROLA
Rising out of the rocks
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Corniglia in fading light
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Vernazza emerging to me....
As I am walking towards it from Corniglia
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