Hiking in the Cinque Terre, Italy

We had an amazing time hiking from one Cinque Terre town to the next, through vineyards and olive groves, past lemon trees and into the colorful towns themselves. We also hiked from our cottage over a great ridge to a small rocky beach on the sea at Monesteroli. This may be the most memorable hike we've ever been on--a great majority of it involved walking down (and up) over 2000 extremely steep stone steps to reach sea level.