Lonely Planet and the Cinque Terre – Reader Feedback

Hello from Munich, Please stay away from the TRATTORIA “LA GROTTA” in RIOMAGGIORE!!! What they like is: No Singles and NO ‘B A M B I N I’ !!! in ITALY !!! A Swiss family with 4 children left this unfriendly place immediately. My girlfriend and me visited the Cinque Terre last week. We ordered…

The Cinque Terre is the lost paradise, hidden away on the unadulterated shores of Italy. It is truly a magic, special, dignified place, where tourism has just started to blossom. There are five cities, Monterosso Al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore, all connected with a hiking trail. The entire hike is approximately 14 km….

I want to add that we wanted to have a room at the Albergo Barbara on the square but they were booked. Patricia was a very sweet and helpful person. She rented a private apartment to us for 150,000 lire. It was three bedrooms, a kitchen, bath, fully furnished and clean with a rooftop terrace…

Last autumn, my family visited Cinque Terre (staying in Manarola) after learning about it on your web page. I wrote some notes (a few months ago!) but I forgot to send them to you. Now that I have remembered, I am enclosing them below so that you may enhance your pages if desired. Hopefully it…

Hello, I was in Cinque Terre in June 2000, and stayed for four amazing days at La Torretta in Manarola. Gabriele, the proprietor, was incredibly sweet and helpful, and the place was clean, though not luxurious (but very affordable for my double room with private bath). Definitely book in advance, since he is usually full….

I loved your website on Cinque Terre. My husband and I recently went on a trip for our 10th wedding anniversary to Tuscany. We stayed in a villa there with a chef from the town where we live in Canada. One of our day trips was to Cinque Terre. After hiking and taking the ferry…