The view from the terraces above Manarola to the Cinque Terre. The beauty of the paths that connect the Cinque Terre, the five Ligurian villages famous throughout the world, is that of being able to go from the sea to the mountains in just a few minutes of walking. Some sections are really challenging but the view is truly priceless. You walk between terraces, the real ones built dry, and vineyards sometimes kissed by the sun other times refreshed by the sea breeze. It's almost a paradise for trekking lovers! I forgot: this is the section between Corniglia and Manarola perhaps the hardest of all!
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The view from the terraces above Manarola to the Cinque Terre – La vue depuis les terrasses au-dessus de Manarola sur les Cinque Terre – La vista desde las terrazas sobre Manarola a Cinque Terre – A vista dos terraços acima de Manarola para as Cinque Terre – Der Blick von den Terrassen oberhalb von Manarola auf die Cinque Terre – Quang cảnh từ ruộng bậc thang phía trên Manarola đến Cinque Terre – 从马纳罗拉上方的露台到五渔村的景色 – マナロラの上のテラスからチンクエテッレまでの眺め
Terraces above Corniglia in the Cinque Terre. Some call it heroic agriculture and from this shot you can understand why. Even if we think back a few decades, when there weren't even the small racks that today, at least in part, facilitate the transport of people and things in some places. Dry stone walls and terraces, created by man to cultivate the vineyard overlooking the sea. In the background the village of Corniglia, the town in the center of the Cinque Terre.
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Vineyard terraces above Corniglia in the Cinque Terre – Terrasses viticoles au-dessus de Corniglia dans les Cinque Terre – Terrazas de viñedos sobre Corniglia en Cinque Terre – Terraços de vinhedos acima de Corniglia em Cinque Terre – Weinbergterrassen oberhalb von Corniglia in den Cinque Terre – Ruộng bậc thang của vườn nho phía trên Corniglia ở Cinque Terre – 五渔村科尔尼利亚上方的葡萄园梯田 – チンクエテッレのコーニリアの上にあるブドウ園のテラス
Spiaggia di Corniglia. Se avete intrapreso la camminata alle Cinque Terre sicuramente sarete partiti da Monterosso, facendo il primo sentiero, fino a Vernazza. Da Vernazza poi avrete preso il secondo sentiero fino a Corniglia. A questo punto sarete sudati e accaldati e purtroppo i sentieri successivi, quelli che portano a Manarola e Riomaggiore, sono chiusi. Io, una volta, sono stato alla spiaggia di Guvano (che è una spiaggia per nudisti) ma ora sembra non più possibile raggiungerla. Soluzione? Proseguire lungo il sentiero che una volta raggiungeva Manarola e, se siete un o’ incoscienti, utilizzando la scaletta “illegale” che ieri era presente, raggiungere la bella spiaggia di pietre che sta sotto la murata di contenimento del treno.
Questa è la foto del mare lì:
Sottolineo: la spiaggia non è sabbiosa e, nonostante non ci siano cartelli che vietino il bagno o l’accesso, credo non sia proprio consigliato dalle guide fare il bagno lì.
Corniglia hdr. Ultima foto di Corniglia fatta durante la gita di ieri. Questa è stata scattata un po’ più in lontananza. Spero vi piaccia anche questa.
Un particolare delle case di Corniglia il 14 agosto 2014. Case di Corniglia. Gita alle Cinque Terre nella settimana di agosto complici anche le previsioni del tempo che promettevano una giornata non così soleggiata. Ovviamente ho scattato molte foto e con il tempo ne metterò molte altre: questa è di un particolare delle abitazioni di Corniglia colorate in hdr.
A detail of the houses in Corniglia, in the Cinque Terre, on 14 August 2014 – Un détail des maisons de Corniglia, dans les Cinque Terre, le 14 août 2014 – Un detalle de las casas en Corniglia, en Cinque Terre, el 14 de agosto de 2014 – Um detalhe das casas em Corniglia, nas Cinque Terre, em 14 de agosto de 2014 – Ein Detail der Häuser in Corniglia, in den Cinque Terre, am 14. August 2014 – Một chi tiết của những ngôi nhà ở Corniglia, trong Cinque Terre, vào ngày 14 tháng 8 năm 2014 – 2014 年 8 月 14 日，五渔村 Corniglia 的房屋细节 – 2014年8月14日、チンクエテッレのコーニグリアの家の詳細
Caribbean Sea… in Liguria. Look at this photo and tell me you thought I took it in the Caribbean (or in who knows what tropical country)! In reality it is our Liguria and to be precise it is a photo of the sea of Corniglia, in the Cinque Terre!
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Caribbean sea … in Liguria – Mer des Caraïbes … en Ligurie – Mar Caribe… en Liguria – Mar do Caribe… na Ligúria – Karibisches Meer … in Ligurien – Biển Caribe … ở Liguria – 加勒比海……在利古里亚 – カリブ海…リグリアで
The village of Corniglia in the Cinque Terre. The series of photos of the Cinque Terre continues. This is the splendid Corniglia, the central of the five.
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The village of Corniglia in the Cinque Terre – Le village de Corniglia dans les Cinque Terre – El pueblo de Corniglia en Cinque Terre – A aldeia de Corniglia em Cinque Terre – Das Dorf Corniglia in den Cinque Terre – Ngôi làng Corniglia ở Cinque Terre
Well yes, yesterday I went for a swim at the little beach of Guvano known for being a nudist beach. Since before going there I searched a bit on the internet and found some old information that didn't help me much, I decided, in addition to the photos, to put some more information updated to May 14th.
The beach is always there and there are always nudists; I don't think it is authorized by anyone but it is so isolated and not very visible to those who are not interested that I don't think it bothers anyone.
It is located not far from Corniglia, it is visible and can be reached from the path that leads from Vernazza to Corniglia itself (but I don't know if the path is passable from there; there is a homemade sign on the road but the friability of the ground and the wildness of the woods make it a lottery to get there). If you don’t want to climb the mountain, there is the old train tunnel that takes you directly there from Corniglia station.
This is the hardest part.
One, find the tunnel! From the station there is no tunnel or indication…. I will give you a help: when you are at the bottom of the steps that lead from the village to the railway, go right and take the little road that goes down (the tunnel is right next to the one currently in use by the railway). Two, make the tunnel! As already written there is no indication (to tell the truth it is not even written that you cannot enter or that there is danger) nor the phantom green gate where you have to ring that I read on some site (they told us that the gate has been removed/broken). Three, entering the tunnel! This was the hard part; obviously all dark; you enter and you see things abandoned by vagrants (like mattresses, rags, bottles...) but there was no sign of anyone. Inside it is really dark, and luckily I had the flashlight of the new cell phone that saved us otherwise we can't go; without forgetting the return: another 15 minutes of flashlight... Four, we arrived at the exit of the tunnel! No one asked us for money (but I don't know about this because it's not yet "high season"). Five, the beach! There are two: the first one can be reached just after the tunnel with a makeshift metal ladder that seems to be quite solid; the second one on the other side of the bay but we didn't find a way to get there (maybe you have to go down the first one and climb a bit).
Conclusions: – the beach is really worth it even if, like me, you are not a nudist. Obviously if you think it might bother you to see naked men (and women), don't go. – the route is a bit scary and at your own risk; now that I have been there I would go back without fear but yesterday, more than once, in the tunnel we wanted to go back.
Here are the directions on how to find it:
Update August 14, 2014:
I didn't go directly to the beach because the weather wasn't good and the sea was rough but from the path that goes from Vernazza to Corniglia above the beach I saw many people bathing so I can say that everything is still unchanged. I point out that a couple of guys walked along the path (without going through the tunnels) so I assume it is doable. I'll also add a new photo taken that day:
Update June 23, 2016:
Unfortunately today I tried to go back to the beach but… it was no longer possible. From the path, perhaps you could still do it but at the designated point you can see many fallen stones and there will be twenty FS signs that prohibit you from going and remind you of the danger of landslides (I think the ban was there before but today it seems really real to me so much so that you can no longer see the path that was at least traced before). From the railway tunnel… Gate barred and padlocked… in addition to the usual many danger and prohibition signs. I hope someone has better news in the future…
Update July 23, 2017:
Michele writes to me: “Hi, I was there yesterday with my wife, the tunnel is still closed but the path has been reopened and cleaned, there are blue signs to recognize it.”
Update Summer 2018:
I read some updates on the situation on the internet (unfortunately I don't have first-hand news because I don't frequent the area much): the tunnel is closed on both sides. The path, access to which has been closed, has almost completely collapsed and it seems very dangerous to try to go down. At the moment I think the only way to reach the beach is by your own boat. I'm sorry!
Guvano beach, the nudist beach near Corniglia – Plage de Guvano, la plage nudiste près de Corniglia – Playa Guvano, la playa nudista cerca de Corniglia – Praia de Guvano, a praia de nudismo perto de Corniglia – Guvano Strand, der FKK-Strand in der Nähe von Corniglia – Bãi biển Guvano, bãi biển khỏa thân gần Corniglia – Guvano 海滩，Corniglia 附近的裸体海滩 – コルニリア近くのヌーディスト ビーチ、グバノ ビーチ
