{"id":13190,"date":"2021-09-21T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinqueterre.it\/2021\/09\/21\/hike-through-vineyards-and-lemon-trees-in-italys-cinque-terre\/"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:06:38","slug":"hike-through-vineyards-and-lemon-trees-in-italys-cinque-terre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinqueterre.it\/de\/2021\/09\/21\/hike-through-vineyards-and-lemon-trees-in-italys-cinque-terre\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike through vineyards and lemon trees in Italy\u2019s Cinque Terre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hike through vineyards and lemon trees in Italy\u2019s Cinque Terre<\/p>\n

The village of Manarola, Italy glows in the light as the sun sets in May 2015. It is one of five villages, just miles apart, that sit along the Mediterranean coast in Northern Italy.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Chris LeBlanc<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>Austin American-Statesman<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

BY PAM LEBLANC 
\n<\/span><\/span>Austin American-Statesman<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This place doesn\u2019t look real.<\/p>\n

From the top of a steep hillside covered in lemon trees and grapevines, the village of Manarola tumbles out below, like a handful of pink, orange and yellow blocks that have been shaken, then poured from a toy bag.<\/p>\n

Manarola is one of five hamlets strewn a few miles apart along the Mediterranean coast in Northern Italy. Each comes with its own personality, and the best way to see the lot is to pick one as a home base (we\u2019ve chosen Manarola because it\u2019s smaller and quieter than the others), then spend a few days hiking between them, pausing to sip wine, eat grilled octopus and cool off with a swim in the sea.<\/p>\n

We left our cliffside apartment this morning, hiked up through steep terraces covered with vineyards, paused to admire a chapel and sip lemonade in the pint-size village of Volastra, then descended into Corniglia, where we revived ourselves with gelato before striking out for the next town up the coast, Vernazza.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to imagine the days when pirates sailed up and down this coast. The people who once lived here used stone watchtowers to defend their homes, which are perched on cliffs and tucked into nooks and crannies molded by Mother Nature. It\u2019s long been a wine-producing region, and farmers planted crops on terraces they cut into the hills.<\/p>\n

But things have changed in recent years. In 1951, about 3,500 acres of land here were cultivated. After the Cinque Terre was discovered by tourists in the 1970s, the economy began a gradual shift from agriculture to tourism. Today only about 275 acres are cultivated. The crop abandonment has caused soil erosion and land degradation, and the trails here periodically wash out.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had to adjust our hiking plans because of landslides. The flat, easy pathway between Manarola, the second village if you\u2019re counting from the south, and the next village up the coast to the north, Corniglia, is covered with gravel. So is the easy, flat walkway known as Via dell\u2019Amore, which connects Manarola with Riomaggiore, to the south.<\/p>\n

No matter. We took the high road to Corniglia instead, hiking the spine of the hillside to get up and over, pausing for lemonade and to admire a chapel in an even tinier hamlet called Volastra. We\u2019re in no hurry. in the Cinque Terre, it\u2019s all about walking, relaxing and soaking up the views. (It\u2019s also about scaling thousands of steps and eating gelato, but we\u2019ll get to that later.)<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll need a trekking card from Parco Nazionale Delle Cinque Terre before you head out. You can buy it at booths along the trail or at park headquarters in Manarola. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n

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Sara McCabe and Chris LeBlanc head up steps in Vernazza as they strike out on another hike in the Cinque Terre region of Italy. <\/span>Pam LeBlanc<\/span> <\/span>Austin American-Statesman<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


Read more here: http:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/outdoors\/article29074243.html#storylink=cpy<\/div>\n

Make sure you have proper footwear before you strike out. Some of the trails (especially the one from Vernazza to Monterosso) are extremely narrow and crowded. In sections, passage is only single file, so if you meet someone coming the other direction you\u2019ll have to wait your turn.<\/p>\n

And the steps! The Vernazza to Monterosso section of the trail has as many as a skyscraper \u2014 hike it northbound or your quads will stage a protest. And only attempt the walk if you\u2019re reasonably fit.<\/p>\n

Happily, Vernazza and Monterosso offer fine swimming, too, so once you\u2019ve worked up a sweat hiking you can cool off in the sea. We braved the tiny gravel beach in Vernazza in our hiking duds \u2014 and it was totally worth it. While you\u2019re there, look for bits of tumbled, painted tile on the beach. They\u2019re a reminder of the devastating floods and mudslides that occurred here in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Sunbathers flock to umbrellas set up on a beach in Monterosso, one of the five small cliffside villages in the Cinque Terre region of Italy. <\/span>Chris LeBlanc<\/span> <\/span>Austin American-Statesman<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


Read more here: http:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/outdoors\/article29074243.html#storylink=cpy<\/div>\n

Monterosso\u2019s beaches are more formal \u2014 you can rent a beach umbrella for 20 euros and swim in water protected by a rocky sandbar. Or hike a little farther \u2014 up and over the spit of land that essentially divides the town in two \u2014 for a more casual beach.<\/p>\n

Either way, spend some time exploring the market, the shops and the churches in this, the most bustling of the Cinque Terre\u2019s five villages.<\/p>\n

The good news? If you walk from one town to the next and don\u2019t feel like hiking back, you can catch the train for a few euros. Even better, hop on a ferry boat for a different perspective of the Cinque Terre.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an image you won\u2019t soon forget.<\/p>\n

GIVE IT A TRY<\/p>\n

Some of our favorite things to do in the Cinque Terre (besides walking):<\/p>\n

\u25aa Sit on the square in Manarola, watching the local kids race their foot-powered scooters around the plaza as parents cheer them on. Stop by the toy stand there, where you can buy an Italian comic book about Texans working in the oil field.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Grab a bottle of wine and take the stroll out Via dell\u2019Amore, the walkway between Manarola and Riomaggiore. Even though it was closed when we were there, we could walk partway out, sit on a bench and watch the sunset.<\/p>\n

\u25aa For spectacular photos of Manarola, walk north of town on the main trail, stopping just below the little pocket park, where the sidewalk curves with the coast. At dusk, the buildings practically glow in the most beautiful light.<\/p>\n

\u25aa If the coastal path between Manarola and Corniglia is closed (and even if it\u2019s not), take the high road instead, climbing up to the village of Volastra. Grab a lemonade at the tiny grocery and peek into the beautiful chapel.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Walk beneath a stone arch at the foot of Vernazza to a gravel beach created during the devastating floods of 2011. Then dive into the ocean.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Rent a beach umbrella in Monterosso.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Stay at least two nights. High season runs from mid-June to mid-September. Day trippers flood the towns, but by dusk most of the crowds are gone.<\/p>\n

Read more here: http:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/outdoors\/article29074243.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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