Description: During our Italian Holiday in July of 2006 we just had to do the famous hike between the five villages in Cinque Terre, even though we were warned it might be too much for our 9 and 6 year old daughters. We reasoned we could always get off the trail at any of the villages and take the train back to Riomaggiore and our hotel. As you can see, the trail starts off as more of a promenade ambling lazily along the water's edge between Riomaggiore and Manarola, where it's actually called the via dell'amore, or walk of love. Once pass Manarola however, the trail immediately narrows and heads straight up the cliff with heart-stopping views of the rocks and water below. Between Corniglia and Vernazza the trail is truly at its most difficult, winding up and through vineyards and actually containing a series of stairs that would put any serious stair machine aficionado to the test. (the picture of the girls where they're NOT happy was immediately after the stairs) Pass Vernazza things start to calm down a little, and the reward at the end is a dip in the Ligurian Sea at Monterosso, followed by a fun train trip back through all the villages in an old train on tracks cut straight through the cliffs that opens out onto stunning views.