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Cinque Terre

More than 2.5 million tourists visited the five small villages of the Cinque Terre last year and plans are afoot to limit the numbers this year.

Cinque Terre walks and local food

Looking to do the Cinque Terre? Here's where you fly into and base yourself.

  • by Michael Gebicki
Dead Sea. Jordan.

Gone tomorrow: the places you need to visit, right now

From the Galapagos to the Great Barrier Reef, there are some destinations you can't keep putting off for a visit, writes Michael Gebicki.

After the deluge ... Riomaggiore hugs the shore.

Stairways to heaven

Alison Stewart scales the cliffs of the Cinque Terre and finds villages returning to life after devastating floods.

Happy trio ... the writer with her mother and husband at Burano.

And mother makes three

What happens when a seventysomething eschews escorted touring for an independent jaunt with family? Some might predict disaster. Dayle Green finds out.

Italy, Florence, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, Piazza della Signoria, Rivoire cafe.

Cheap eats in Italy: reality bites in the back alleys

Ben Hall wanders away from the magnificent monuments to unearth some true Italian culture.

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The secluded beach at Monterosso.

A five-star cliffhanger

Rosemarie Milsom works up a thirst hiking the rugged terrain of the Ligurian Coast's Cinque Terre.