Rick Steves' Across the Cinque Terre (video)

It was very nice and surprising  for me to find this video on youtube…suddently I thought : That’s a good chanche to talk a bit of Mr. Rick Steves and focus on what he does actually mean for the Cinque Terre…
Maybe not many people know… but we (touristic operators of the 5 Land area ) must be very much grateful to him since, not only in my opinion, he’s been the main reason of Cinque Terre’s popularity in the USA and all around the world.
We’re used to listen local media tributing to the National Park (formally established in 1999 and effectively in 2002) the 100% of thanks for that but this is mainly “advertisement”..I know I'll be accused of partizanism (or better anti-partizasism!) but that’s just the truth.

The story:
Around 1995 Mr. Rick Steves came into these lands and since the first moment he felt in love with this lanscape, espetially Vernazza . From there on, he started to spend beautiful words on his guides, (and these words were and hopefully still are …again just the truth!..) and after the editions of “Rick Steve’s Italy” 1997 and 1998 .. we were plenty of tourists from USA, also in the other villages that were almost unknown to the tourist’s mass and I’m talking about Manarola, Riomaggiore and Corniglia , this last having its mediatic prominence in this video.. From there on, tourists from USA  were the “gold mine” of these lands, at least until the “€ revolution” of 2002 and even more until the recent global recession…But they were more! They were also speakers of the beauty of our towns to the rest of the world and we want to thanks them..and incourage them to return back soon!
So now the video:

Andrea Somovigo
manager www.cinqueterre.com

Popularity: 13%

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Cinque Terre Video ( english)

Interesting video for our foreign guest.
This video gives good tips and touristic information for a visit to the 5 Earth.
Quoting the description of this video found on youtube:

“A video that captures Cinque Terre from the inside its five towns, above the towns on its slopes, and beyond the Cinque Terre along the Italian Riviera.”

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Festival of Monterosso anchovy

Monterosso al Mare 20 June 2009

Every year Monterosso respects the tradition of
a typical seaside town celebrating its delicious
anchovy food banquets. Sea
allowing, the festival is concluded with a tour
by boat to admire the lamps.
For information and Old Town Fegina:
PRO LOCO
Tel. 0187817 506 - fax 0187 818970
www.prolocomonterosso.it

Popularity: 5%

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The Way of Love – Video

The Way of Love is the most famous pedestrian path of the Cinque Terre. Connects Manarola to Riomaggiore and it is open to all without any special equipment for trekking in just over 20 minutes.

For more details on the path we refer to our pages dedicated to Via dell'Amore , and the voice of Wikipedia ; in the video you can get an idea of ​​what it really is the Blue Trail.
(you will have to wait about 15 seconds for buffering the video)

Soundtrack: “Tunnel of Love” – Dire Straits dall’album “Making Movies” 1980 ( Vertigo )

Popularity: 28%

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The Andersen Festival 2009 - Sestri Levante Video

Poster of the 42 th edition of the Festival Andersen, Sestri Levante 28-31 May 2009

From Thursday 28 May to Sunday 31 May is held in Sestri Levante the 42nd edition of the “Festival Andersen”, the magnificent spectacle of street art that brings together artists from many countries around the world.

This is an occasion of joy, Children, families and adults, all equally affected by the atmosphere of celebration and fun culture, that even in difficult times, the skill of the artists and the perfect organization of the festival are able to pass.

Narration, music, theater, comicality, dance, stunts: various forms of artistic expression in condensed streets of the beautiful town of the Riviera di Levante occasion expresses all its beauty. The two beaches of Sestri Levante facing on both sides of the promontory become theaters; people are siphoning off of internal roads and squares, and are inevitably infected by the joy of being together and issued by that most ancient form of art that is spontaneous street art.
A major event to celebrate the start of the summer we invite all readers to participate, not forgetting that artists are not being paid for their performances, and rely heavily on the solidarity of the spectators, who can show their appreciation by buying their CD or offering them a little financial help.

The official website of the festival:  http://www.andersenfestival.it .

The complete schedule of the event can be downloaded here: http://www.andersenfestival.it/imgg/calendario.pdf

UPDATE: ( 29/05/2009)

We have produced a short video to give you the idea of ​​what the festival of street art in general.

A special mention for “Five Quartet Trio“, the trio of acrobats that closes the video.

Popularity: 2%

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Shot down the Scheletrone, l’ecomostro dell’isola Palmaria – Portovenere

Finalmente il 22 Maggio scorso è stato abbattuto lo “scheletrone”, uno dei più famosi ecomostri italiani, eretto abusivamente sull’isola Palmaria nel 1968. La struttura sorgeva nel curore del Parco Regionale di Portovenere, proprio di fronte alla splendida chiesa di S. Pietro e rappresentava un vero e proprio scandalo paesaggistico.
Potete leggere la storia dello “scheletrone ” e vedere tutte le foto storiche su queste pagine

Ecco invece il video dell’abbattimento:

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Video: helicopter tour of the Cinque Terre

Another nice video taken from http://dailymotion.virgilio.it / that shows the beauty of the Cinque Terre from; In fact the video was shot from a helicopter.

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Video: Riomaggiore 5 Earth (english)

Last video of the serie from www.tourvideos.com by dennis Callan.
Last town south-east is Riomaggiore..

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