VERNAZZA FLOODS, TWO MONTHS LATER

This is how I found Vernazza, one of the most picturesque villages of the 5 Terre, near my hometown in Liguria, Italy, last December 2011……

Vernazza, which is visited by 2 and half million tourists a year, was hit by horrendous floods in October 2011 and  since then residents, volunteers and local authorities have made a tremendous effort to rebuild the little town that was left without water,electricity and heating for months.

If you would like to find out more about it please visit also  www.savevernazza.com, where you can find all the information about what happened together with some heart breaking stories of  witnessed the tragedy on the day and lost some relatives. Save Vernazza is  a non profit organisation that helps in bringing awareness of the tragedy that struck the village last year. Although most of the shops have now been reopened, financial help is still much needed especially to help reconstruct and prevent the mountain that lays behind Vernazza from further landslides during the raining season. Feel free to make a donation if you would like to help. And if you have never been there….make Vernazza and the other 4 villages of the 5 Terre your next holiday destination, you can trek through the mountains and by the sea…you will be amazed by the beaut of its land and the taste of the local food and wine!