Proud to Announce Beautiful Liguria New Website!
June 15, 2011
by Anna Merulla /
Tags: Beautiful Liguria , blog , Italian Riviera , Liguria , website /
A lot has happened since I started writing this blog. I wrote my first post with the intent of promoting my region and let people know more about Liguria, which is mostly known for the Cinque Terre area. I thought there was too much to experience than just visiting only the Cinque Terre (which are beautiful and charming villages).
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The Unknown Heroes – Riomaggiore
May 9, 2011
by Anna Merulla /
Tags: art , artist , Cinque Terre , fisherman , heroes , murals , path , Riomaggiore , Silvio Benedetto , stones , trails , vineyards /
When you arrive in Riomaggiore village, in front of the very modern Tourist Information Office, look at the huge colourful mural by Silvio Benedetto. The mural tells the story of the men and women who over several generations and thousands of years built and maintained more than eight million cubic meters of dry stone walls that run throughout the Cinque Terre.
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382 Steps to Corniglia
May 4, 2011
by Anna Merulla /
Tags: 382 steps , Cinque Terre , climbing , Corniglia , Italian Riviera , Liguria , outdoor activities , path , steps , village , walking /
Corniglia is the only village in the Cinque Terre that is not by the sea. This little charming village is located on a hundred of meters high steep promontory and it is the smallest of the five villages, about 245 habitants!
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Lock Your Love on Via dell’Amore for Saint Valentine
January 28, 2011
by Anna Merulla /
Tags: Amore , Blue Path , Cinque Terre , Corniglia , Italy , kissing couple , locks , love , Love walk , Lovelocks , lover chair , lovers , Manarola , Monterosso , padlocks , path , Riomaggiore , romantic , saint valentine , tour , Vernazza , via dell'Amore , walk /
Via dell’Amore, the Cinque Terre romantic path dedicated to lovers, is famous all over the world. Couples love to walk on this pathway and, as a ritual, sit on the lover’s chair (the sculpture with a kissing couple) and put locks on the various gates and railings.
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30 Reasons to Fall in Love with Liguria
January 14, 2011
by Anna Merulla /
Tags: alleys , Alta Via Monti Liguri , Apricale , aveto , best places , Camogli , Cinque Terre , Colletta , diving , Dolceacqua , excursions , farinata , fast food , FIAT 500 , Finalborgo , focaccia , food markets , Garlenda , Genoa , Genova , guide tour , Gulf of Poets , Italian Riviera , La Spezia , Liguria , Manarola , medieval , path , pesto , Portofino , Portovenere , Promontory , San Fruttuoso , Savona , Sciacchetrà , sestri Levante , street food , streets , terraces , Toirano , tour , Triora , trofie , Valley Aveto , Varigotti , Vernazza , Via dell' Amore , vineyards , walk , Walk of Love , wine /
Why you should visit and fall in love with the Italian Riviera? Here following are my 30 reasons and, which are yours?
1)The walking paths under the olive trees between the Cinque Terre: the best way to discover, enjoy and understand the beauty of this Five Villages is to visit them on foot. The panoramas suspended between sky and sea will offer magnificient views.
2)Boat rides along the coasts of Cinque Terre: traveling by boat along the coast of the five villages gives you the possibility to appreciate the natural beauty of the Cinque Terre from a completely different perspective.
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