Cinque Terre:
Discover Medieval Fantasy
On The Italian Coast
By Don Mankin, Travel Writer
Imagine a Medieval town overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, like a fantasy setting for the
“Game of Thrones” (except brighter and with less blood).
Imagine five of these towns, and you have Cinque Terre, Italy — literally, five “lands” in English.
In October I visited Cinque Terre, along with my wife and a friend, after spending nine days in the urban turmoil of Rome, five hours south.
Don’t get me wrong, Rome was great, but after a few days of traffic and noise I was ready for something different. I wanted to wash away the tumult of Rome with views of land and water, rather than views back in time. I craved scenery rather than antiquities.