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Love in Cinque Terre: the message in a bottle

Whoever says romance died has never been in Cinque Terre. The hidden beaches, the paths sprinkled with flowers, the sunsets that paint the sky with red are paintings that capture the heart. Today, to this is added a detail that not everyone knows: as Verona had Romeo and Juliet and Rimini had Paolo and Francesca, even the Gulf of Poets has kept a love story …

Manarola: history in a name

Manarola is an old Cinque Terre village located along the “Costa del levante”.There’s uncertainty around its name: it is not known when it was given, and its meaning is still uncertain. All that is known is that the first houses were built during the XII century, although the mysterious name “Manarola” suggests the village might be much older