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The northwest village of the Cinque Terre, Monterosso is the largest of the five villages.  We arrived in Monterosso by train during a rain storm.   We stayed at the Suisse Bellevue in Monterosso, or should I say the outskirts of Monterosso, it was a forty five minute walk uphill with our luggage, after waiting for two hours for a taxi that never arrived.  Without our luggage it was a twenty minute climb to the hotel.  The view was beautiful from the hotel but next time I want to stay in a place that is in the village. The following day we hiked the ancient footpath from Monterosso to Vernazza.

John on the trail between Monterosso and Vernazza.	Cactus growing along the trail between Monterosso and Vernazza.	Monterosso and Coastline from Trail	John and Me on trail with Vernazza in the background.	The couple that took John and I picture.
Monterosso from the trail.	Approaching Monterosso by boat	Our Hotel is somewhere up in that mountain. What a hike each night.	The historical part of Monterosso	Monterosso   from the trail.
		Ave Maria Festival in Monterosso
Coastline between Monterosso and Vernazza	John standing in shade along trail, it was hot and we kept climbing up.		A narrow part of the trail.	Monterosso from the trail.

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