The southernmost of Italy's famed Cinque Terre villages, Riomaggiore hangs from the precipitous coast in a riot of color. The five villages and surrounding countryside are an alluring jumble of plunging cliffs, vineyards, olive groves, and steeply terraced slopes. | National Geographic Travel

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