Welcome to the world of Cinque
terra, this is a complete data base where
you can find every information about this
wild lands, composed of five
historical small villages.
To arrive in Cinque Terra you have to use
the train
or choose a boat excursion, you can visit
the sanctuaries
or the nice rock beaches in this land. You
can have an excursion on the typical wineyards
made from men during the centuryes with this
complete data base you can plan your holiday
in this corner of
Italy and you can find an
accommodation in an
hotel or bed
and breakfast (b and b).
The CinqueTerra form one of the most unspoilt areas of the Mediterranean and
one of the most extended areas in Liguria.
They are a kingdom of nature and wild scents
maintained as in the past.
To visit the 5 Terre means to visit five villages suspended between sea and earth, clinging on to cliffs and surrounded by green hills; it means to know the history of whom, for centuries, has fought against difficult land but it also means to taste the results of this millenarian struggle and in particular wine and produce.
To visit these villages means to learn about the culture of the dry-stone walls and of the vineyard, of the fishermen and of their fishing nets, of the steep valleys and of their paths.
Who visits these lands can choose between a dive in the sea or a hike on the hills, between a walk in the narrow alleys called "carruggi" or a boat trip, a pilgrimage to a sanctuary or a seafood lunch.
It is a landscape unique in the world in which man and nature live together in harmony since the beginning of time.
Each village has its own sanctuary to which
the local people are tied by a deep devotion.
The sanctuaries are joined together by the
Via dei Santuari (Path to the Sanctuaries),
which winds along the mounts behind the villages
on the sea and testifies the very ancient
religious roots of these places in which the
people were farmers before being sailors.
The particular devotion to the Madonna is
shown by the presence of the five sanctuaries
that have been dedicated to Her on the hills
in correspondence of the five villages, as
if to dictate the need of a real pilgrimage
for prayer. All the sanctuaries are located
in beautiful positions perfect for admiring,
as if to complete prayer, the spectacular
panoramas which induce a deep meditation.
Corniglia differs from the other villages of the Cinque Terre as it does not directly look
upon the sea but raises on the top of a promontory about 100 meters high, surrounded on three sides
by vineyards and terraces and the fourth side descends steeply on the sea.
