Lonely Planet and the Cinque Terre – Reader Feedback

I am a recently retired teacher. I just returned from Italy with my daughter and sister….a wonderful trip. However, in Monterosso we had a frightening experience with a proprietor of the La Spiaggia Hotel. Even though promised a great room…and we were so tired we took the room shown…was adequate for train weary people. However…we…

My wife and I have just returned from Italy, and spent three days in the Cinque Terre. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Booking accommodation through the web can be risky, but we were lucky. I can recommend the apartments run by “Affitta camere Vesigna Edi” in Riomaggiore. The apartments were clean, comfortable, had character, and very…

Enjoyed your website! We just returned from a 2-week trip to the Ligurian coast. We rented a villa in Pieve Ligure, and took the train to Monterosso, where we got a room for the night at the Porto Roca. The concierge was extremely helpful, and made dinner reservations for us at a restaurant in Groppo,…

We just returned from Riomaggiore. We spent a week. It was great. Yes, it does get crowded in the daytime with tour groups, but there were few tourists at night. We saw a few young backpackers bit most had already returned to school. Thank you for the website, it was most helpful. We booked through…

Compliments on your site. It’s extremely hard to find non-commercial sites that give information on the Cinque Terre. I wanted to let you know that I’ve opened an Internet Café in Monterosso al Mare. Besides the internet service (£12000 an hour), we also offer an English book exchange (free), a travel reference library (free), and…

I just returned form a trip to Europe which included four days in the cinque terre. My daughter and I stayed at Monterosso and found the resort to be quite lovely – yet expensive. We stayed at the hotel 5 Terre for 260,000 L per night. Even though we had reserved with my credit card…