The Cinque Terre is made up of 5 small towns along the West coast of Italy. We stayed in Manarola, which is the second most south of the 5 towns. We chose to go to the Cinque Terre based on many recommendations from people at home, and people along the way on our trip who …
After a quick night in the tourist-packed city of Venice we headed two hours southwest to Florence. For three days we used Florence as a home base for tours to a couple of towns around the region of Tuscany and also spent some time searching out some good Italian leather and eats within the city. …
We zipped into Venice on a late train and left at the end of the next day. We were only there for just over 24 hours, but we thought it was enough time to get the experience and then head onto Florence. Venice is thought of as one island, but it is actually around 120 …