Tuscany and Cinque Terre/Toskana in Cinque Terre

We visited Tuscany in the year 2011 and were very much impressed by its beauty. Campsites are almost all across the area, only in bigger cities you might face some smaller problems with finding one. It is therefore wise to inform yourself on camping websites: http://www.topcampings.it/ and to plan a little ahead. We have to add that the camps in this part of Italy are relatively pricey, especially in comparison to Corsica. For 2 persons, 1 car and 1 tend we paid in average between 25-30 EUR. On the other hand the camps are very well organized and the staff is friendly and helpful. Most of the staff speaks good English and if asked, they often give you good advice regarding opening times of tourist attractions and transport possibilities in the cities. Travelling in the beginning of September, we never faced crowded camping sites and never had to search long for a shadowy spot to put our tend.

Below find pictures of Tuscany and Cinque Terre.

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Toskano sva obiskala v letu 2011 in njena lepota nas je popolnoma navdušila. Kampe lahko najdete skoraj na celotnem območju, manjše probleme sva imela le v bližini večjih mest, kjer sva bila prisiljena kampirati bolj na obrobju. Za manj stresnih trenutkov zato predlagava, da se pozanimate ter planirate vaše potovanje vnaprej: http://www.topcampings.it/ . Morava pripomniti, da so kampi v tem delu Italije relativno dragi, predvsem v primerjavi z Korziko. Za dve osebi, avto ter šotor sva plačevala nekje med 25-30EUR. Res pa je, da so kampi po večini dobro organizirani in da je osebje prijazno in pripravljeno pomagati. Večina osebja govori relativno dobro angleško, in če se pozanimate so z veseljem pripravljeni dati nadaljne informacije o znamenitostih v okolici ter o možnostih transporta v mestih. Glede na to da sva potovala v začetku septembra, nisva nikoli imela problemov z prepolnimi kampi in sva vedno dokaj hitro našla senčno mesto za najin šotor.

Prilagamo nekaj slik iz našega potovanja.


 



 

 Ravenna

 San Marino

 Sienna

 

 San Gimignano

We visited Cinque Terre a year before the catasthrophic floods that hit this lovely small towns. Like most of the tourists we camped in the small town Levanto next to the Cinque terre area and used the train to get to the first town called Monterosso al Mare. By the way, the campsites in Levanto are overcrowded and we had to visit three before finding a camp that still had some spaces.

After Monterosso we went to Vernazza, Corniglia, and Manarola by feed. The whole tour lasted around 4 hours. Since the walking paths between Manarola and Riomaggiore were destroyed the previous year by the harsh winter, we had to use the train again for this part of the journey. 

 

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Cinque Terre smo obiskali leto pred katastrofalnimi poplavami, ki so v naslednji zimi uničila velike dele the ljubkih majhnim mestec. Kot večina turistov sva kampirala v majhnem mestecu Levanto (kampi so bili zelo zelo polni, v primeru kampiranja z večjo skupino je zelo priporočljiva rezervacija) blizu Cinque Terre in uporabila vlak, da sva prišla do prvega od petih mestec z imenom Monterosso al Mare. Med mesteci Vernazza, Corniglia, in Manarola sva nato hodila kar peš. Poti so dobro utrjene in označene in za osebo s povprečno kondicijo ne bi smele predstavljati večjih težav. Do zadnjega mesteca z imenom Riomaggiore sva se nato ponovno odpravila z vlakom, saj so bile pohodne poti uničene zaradi plazu, ki je območje doletel v prejšnji zimi. Za celotno pot sva potrebovala okrog 6 ur, če med mesteci potujete z vlakom, (zelo poceni lahko kupite dnevno karto) se čas seveda skrajša.