Day 2 hiking in Cinque Terre

We did two hikes both taking the high routes between the cinque terre cities. the first hike was between Riomaggiore and Vernazza. The second was between Monteresso and Vernazza. Each of these trails have about 1000 foot ascent. To our amazement very few people hike these higher routes in comparison to the ones lower down where the trail is filled with hundreds of hikers in both directions.

Walking thru endless street or walkways in the tiny villages
Starting at Riomaggiore
Walking thru small towns high above the sea
Climbing up into the terraced vineyards
Climbing up old stone roads above Monteresso
Saviore
Passing old churches high on the hill
Very few hikers on the higher routes
Back to our apartment in Riomaggiore
On another day a hike to Porto Venere south of Riomaggiore
Hiking toward Porto venere

We left Riomaggiore the next day in the rain and headed back into France to head toward hiking the Camino Santiago. We ended up in Nice France.

A rainy morning in Riomaggiore
Moka pots !
A train station near Genova
Stopping at towns for train transfer
Genova indoor market

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