La Via della Natura
Where life becomes poetry. Monterosso - Levanto
- Trail Conditions: On foot
- Interest: Flora, Wildlife, Geology
- Departure: Monterosso
- Arrival: Levanto
- Duration: 3 hour/s 45 minutes
- Length: 8.510 km
- Difference in height: 380m
The story of the Cinque Terre - of all of the Cinque Terre - is also the story of ancient dances and pas de deux: the rare, timeless dance of the forces shaping the geological landscape, and the beautiful, intricate one of human beings in their daily dance with nature.
Some dance it by listening to the wind rustling through the trees, the songs of birds, or the waves crashing against the cliffs below. Others do so by hiking high above, between two ridges, treading a remarkable variety of rocks along the crest that leads to the summit. And some, after listening and walking, turn this dance into poetry.
Here, among these modest homes, Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale listened, wandered, and wrote much of the verse in his Cuttlefish Bones collection.
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