Manarola

Manarola, like the other Cinque Terre, is squeezed between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain range that branches off from the Apennines.
The colorful houses, consisting of the typical Genoese tower houses, overlook one another on the main street.
The town then climbs up the rocky ridge that juts out into the sea, creating an intertwining of narrow alleys, which run parallel on several intermediate levels connected by irregular slate stairways.