Saturday, December 8, 2012

Italia - Pisa and Cinque Terre

To be short - I know it's winter now, but I couldn't miss to post these.
The next images were taken on a distance of approx 150km on the west coast of Italy: Pisa (Piazza dell Duomo), Cinque Terre (Riomaggiore, Groppo, Volastra, Monterosso al Mare), Levanto, Moneglia Tunnel, Sestri Levante.

To be considered:
- you must visit Piazza del Duomo from Pisa - who hasn't heard of the Leaning Tower from Pisa ?! All the 3 buildings (Baptisry, Cathedral and The Tower) are special.
- you must visit the Cinque Terre area - a UNESCO World Heritage - it is formed of: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare and they are all connected via tracking trails that passes wine regions; my recommendation is to acces them from La Spezia, as in Riomaggiore you have a parking place and many roads to Vernazzola, Vernazza and Corniglia are closed or rebuilt; you may consider also access the area by train; other locations in Cinque Terre area: Groppo, Volastra, Vernazzola, Carniglia, Levanto;
- you must pass the Deiva Marina - Moneglia - Riva Levante tunnel - it's a two-way timed and semaphored tunnel with a single band; you may have also a nice experience by camping in the tunnel, as there are about 3 camping places;
- you may visit Sestri Levante in a summer evening.

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Next, images:
Pisa - Piazza del Duomo
Baptistry, Cathedral and Tower
Pisa - Piazza del Duomo - Baptistry

 Pisa - Piazza del Duomo
Cathedral and Tower

 Pisa - Piazza del Duomo
The Leaning Tower

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Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore

Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore

Cinque Terre
Groppo - in front
Volastra - backwards
 
Cinque Terre
Map found in Volastra

Cinque Terre
Vernazzola, Vernazza area

 Cinque Terre
Vernazzola, Vernazza area

 Cinque Terre
Monterosso al Mare

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 Levanto

 Castle in Levanto

Levanto - Coast View

Bonassola

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 Moneglia Tunnel

Moneglia Tunnel

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Sestri Levante

 Sestri Levante

 Sestri Levante

 Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante

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