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Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Liguria Region, Italy
This UNESCO site is the proverbial place to “get away from it all.” These cliffside villages at Cinque Terre are steeped in history and have a scenic view unparalleled by any other, which is what landed it on the World Heritage list in 1997. Most notable are the colorful houses that make up the five medieval fishing villages, which are set amidst a beautiful array of castles, churches and clinging gardens. At this site, a 19th-century rail line shuttles people between the villages as cars have been banned here for over a decade. Those that have settled here over the last mil- lennium have turned this rugged coastline into a haven for specialty seafood cuisine being that it linesontheMediterranean. Twospecialtywines come from the region, Cinque Terre and the Sci- achetrà, both made using local Bosco, Albarola, and Vermentino grapes.
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