Italy: Behind the scenes of Cinque Terre

The region attracts millions of people every year – and is in danger of breaking apart.
But there are ways to discover them away from the many tourists.
The region attracts millions of people every year – and is in danger of breaking apart.
But there are ways to discover them away from the many tourists.
Is it even possible to find it beautiful here? The boat gently rocks along the coast, the sun glinting off the turquoise water, steep slopes plunging abruptly into the sea, stacked one after the other in every shade of blue, no road, yet here and there a house, a white dot on a narrow ridge, far from everything. And then, behind a rocky outcrop, this colorful village.
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