My morning routine while in Riomaggiore was to walk down from our
apartment which was at the very top of the village down to the bar which
was near its foot. The light would be breaking over the top of the
hills above the village, creating dramatic light as here.
This is the central street of Riomaggiore. There’s really just one other
road around the top of the village. This street is really a pedestrian
walk as it is gated above; only delivery trucks and official vehicles
have access to the lower village.
The regular pavers toward the left mark the newest portion of the road
which is built over the stream that used to run down the center. Until
sometime in the 1950s there was a series of bridges over the stream that
allowed one to move from one side to the other. Now the water runs
through a conduit under the street. At intervals along its length there
are grates through which you can peer down and see the rushing water.
