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October 17, 2025 – Riomaggiore to Porto Venere Today is our last day of hiking in the Cinque Terre. The schedule will vary depending on individual choices. The hike today is split up into two sections – a morning hike from Riomaggiore to the… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip – Day 6”
October 16, 2025 – Manarola to Corniglia Today, we find ourselves back on the coastline of the Cinque Terre hiking a more moderately challenging trail between Manarola and Corniglia. The hike is described as a 4-mile distance between Manarola and Corniglia via the sister… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip – Day 5”
October 14, 2025 – Day 3 – Monterosso to Vernazza The third day along the Cinque Terre coastline we completed our first hike within the national park. The agenda for the day included a ferry ride from Porto Venere to Monterosso – the northern… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip – Day 3”
October 13, 2025 – Day 2 – Palmaria Island and Porto Venere The second day of our group tour started with a boat trip to Palmaria Island from the small village of Porto Venere. Our first hike would be on the island of Palmaria… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip – Day 2”
About a year ago, on a whim, I signed up for a Road Scholar group tour entitled “Hiking the Cinque Terre.” I had been researching the possibility of hiking the trails of the “Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre” for a few years. It was… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip – Day 1”
April 27, 2023 It was a long (19.8 km) trek today but also a relatively flat walk along the Canal Latéral de la Garonne between Moissac and Auvillar. It also turned out to be one of the hottest days of our travels. Some final… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Moissac to Auvillar”
April 24, 2023 Oddly, when reviewing my journal notes for our walk this day, I had written that it was a rainy day! But, when I processed the pictures for this post, the sky seemed mostly sun and clouds. Photographs don’t lie so perhaps… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Montcuq to Lauzerte”
April 23, 2023 Today’s walk was very rural, quite soggy and long – 22 kilometers. It was a very pretty day, though, through agricultural lands that were bright green with the spring rains. The day started with a pretty sunrise at our lodging in… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Labastide to Montcuq”
April 21, 2023 We arrived in Cahors via taxi from Bach and luckily for us the hotel allowed us to check-in early. We had reservations at the Hôtel-Restaurant La Chartreuse. The hotel sits on the banks of the Lot River across the waterway from… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Cahors”
April 20, 2024 Before departing Limogne-en-Quercy, we stopped by a local grocery to pick up some snacks. This was the first “supermarket” we had encountered on our journey since leaving Le Puy-en-Velay. I had gotten used to – and loved! – the quaint “épiceries”… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Limogne-en-Quercy to Bach”
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