Lonely Planet and the Cinque Terre – Reader Feedback

Being one of those American students who are negatively commented about by many an older traveler, I’d like to take the chance to share my experiences in Cinque Terre, both as a student, tourist, and lover of Italy. I had the opportunity to live in Florence for 5 months and study with Florida State University,…

My girlfriend & I just returned from a trip to Italy, and I just had to send you a note of heartfelt thanks for some information we found on your website. On our trip we spent a couple of days in the Cinque Terre. I pulled some info on the area from your website before…

I saw your Cinque Terra website and wanted to pass along some information I learned during my visit last week. We found the Via Dell’ Amore trail closed indefinitely. Due to agriculture and viniculture leaving the area, the soil is eroding and there have been problems with landslides. The people in the towns have a…

I spent a weekend in Cinque Terre in late May (2001). My fellow college student friends and I went to the tourist office outside the train station. We were put in contact with a woman who rents her extra apartment overlooking the square in Monterosso. We got it for about $25 a night per person…

The trail between Manarola and Riomaggiore is still closed. Don’t listen to the Information worker in Monterosso about the availability of hotel rooms in Vernazza. She told us not to worry – yet, after we hiked there (that trail is open and quite rigorous!) we had to search for a room – finally ending up…

We’re Australians who have just arrived back from Italy, where we spent three magnificent days in CT. We absolutely adored it. We stayed in Corniglia, which I would recommend for two reasons. * It’s in the middle, so any of the other villages are a day trip away, and * It’s 343 steps (yes, we…