Long weekend in Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre means “five lands” and it is an are in Liguria close to La Spezia made up of 5 main towns: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore - we really liked all towns except for Monterosso al Mare which was the biggest, loudest and “ugliest” one. Cinque Terre is known for it’s old school charm and architecture - the houses are all colored and there ambiance is very old school Italian. People usually come here to relax, hike, drink wine and enjoy the sea. Being a gourmet blog we always want to recommend the best restaurants, bars and local delicacies which is usually very easy in Italy as the food tends to be amazing. In Cinque Terre though, being such a touristy place, we have to admit hat we struggled - the search to find good restaurants was hard and we were at times very disappointed with the quality of food that was served to us.