Cinque Terre Italy

Filed under: Europe, Italy, Photo of the Day, Consumer Activism Our Photo of the Day comes from flickr member stellarviewer and is an HDR composite image of five D-200 images showing the town of Monterosso in the Cinque Terre section of Italy using a Nikon D200. Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region of Italy, west of the city of La Spezia. About 200 miles to the south is where the island of...  

The popular tourist towns of Vernazza and Monterosso were devastated when landslides filled the streets with debris up to four metres deep. But these Italian holiday spots are coming back to life.  

Tour groups and cruises can swell visitors here to around 2 ½ million a year, too many for critics. Angelo Maria Betta, mayor of Monterosso al Mare, the other Cinque Terre town badly damaged by the storm, cannot wait to reopen businesses for the spring season.  

Hardest hit: Vernazza, which was buried in 13 feet of mud, the "old town" section of Monterosso, and hiking trails in Cinque Terre National Park. According to Save Vernazza, a blog and non-profit foundation set up by three American women who are Vernazza ...  

Are there alternatives to lavish commercial films and tour guides that fawn over a destination until it withers and dies over the onslaught of tourism? Well, you might want to check out Vendemmia, a Documentary film about the Cinque Terre and its current environmental and political problems by Krista & Sharon of Harvest Films. You can contribute as little as 8 dollars toward the completion of the film--the current price of a single gallon of...  

Our Photo of the Day comes from flickr member stellarviewer and is an HDR composite image of five D-200 images showing the town of Monterosso in the Cinque Terre section of Italy using a Nikon D200. Upload your best shots to the Gadling Group ...  

While popular Cinque Terre hiking trails remain closed at the beginning of 2012 (as well as the villages of Monterosso and Vernazza) due to last year's floods, there are still good hikes you can take in the area. Recently a reader commented: Even though 4 of the coastal trails are currently closed, you can still access some good walking trails. We took red trail no# 6 from Manarola to Volastra and on to Corniglia. The trail takes you up into...