Walk up these stairs to get from the Corniglia train station up to the town, and consider your workout done for the day! Train commuters here must have thighs of steel. Photo from April 2010.
We stayed in Corniglia, one of the Cinque Terre (five lands) on the Ligurian coast, in April 2010. The town is perched on a hilltop and partially down its side. It's filled with colorfully painted buildings, as are the other four lands (nearby towns). The Cinque Terre are joined to each other by footpaths, which are flat in some places and steep in others. It's a great place to walk or hike.