Around Cinque Terre

I spent my penultimate day having a look around the neighbouring towns of Levanto and La Spezia. Levanto is more of a beach resort, but it has some interesting architecture such as the 13th century Church and Monastery of St. Andrea. La Spezia was flattened during World War 11 because of its naval base, so in conparison with the Cinque Terre Villages, it is relatively new. Indeed, only about five buildings were left standing. One of them was the Amedeo Lia Museum, which houses some superb Italian paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries including a couple from the great Venetian master, Canaletto. I head for Lake Como tomorrow.