Cinque Terre

Sunday we decided to escape from the city routine to Cinque Terre (Five Lands). A beautiful place composed by five small cities situated on the Ligurian coast. The place is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is worth going any time of the year. We wanted to go there last year but a terrible flood and mudslides hit the territory last October.

One can still see the signs of the disaster, the destroyed houses on the way from one city to another, the photo panels that remind about the terrible event and the work that has been done by the citizens and volunteers to help rebuilding the place. But the cities are up on their feet again and there are a lot of tourists that surely help to restart the normal activities by spending their money.

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