SALT & GELATO Cinque Terre by Sea Kayak

Jens Klatt isn’t your typical tourist to Cinque Terre. Instead of a suitcase and plans to hike from each of the five villages, Jens, Olaf Obsommer, and their friends Ingrid and Babsi have folding kayaks on their backs and a route that will take them along the famous coast of the Italian Riviera, traveling not by land but by sea.

Jens Klatt

Cinque Terre Admittedly, I’m not sure whether our plan falls into Category 1 (excellent idea) or Category 2 (can-do idea). But it doesn’t really matter. It’s too late to think about it because I’m already standing on the platform with what feels like a 100-kilo rucksack waiting for the train. Still, waiting gives you time to think—and that’s sometimes the problem. Let’s put it this way: our plan is definitely an idea worth thinking about. Crossing the Alps by train from Rosenheim in Germany to the south and spending a few days sea kayaking on the Italian Mediterranean Sea. We want to follow the coast from Genoa for about 100 km to La Spezia and then take the train home. Between lies the wild, romantic cliff coast of Cinque Terre…

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