Lonely Planet and the Cinque Terre – Reader Feedback
Just a quick comment to say well done and how useful. One gets so used to being charged for everything.
Your comments are better than Lonely Planet etc
Much Thanks,
Peter Carter
Just a quick comment to say well done and how useful. One gets so used to being charged for everything.
Your comments are better than Lonely Planet etc
Much Thanks,
Peter Carter
My wife and I found Lerici to be a quaint little town with not a lot of tourist compared to Cinque Terre. It is located south across the bay from Portovenere with La Spezia being in the middle. They have some very nice beaches there. One is public and free and the other one is…
Thanks very much for your very informative website, which I checked almost daily before our departure for Italy two weeks ago. We were in Cinque Terre March 15 – 18 and since I myself had been very concerned about the condition of the trails in advance of our trip, I thought other readers might want…
Yes, great web site on the Cinque Terre! We also just returned from Italy and visited the Cinque Terre. I wanted to comment on one of the hotels recommended in here. We decided to book ahead and called a few hotels. We ended up getting in touch with La Spiaggia in Monterosso on the beach….
Officially, all Cinque Terre trails are closed until further notice by the provincial government. Along with closure notices, all trails have barriers at each entrance and exit. This is a power play by the provincial government to extract maintenance monies from the local towns. (“pay up” or lose your tourist dollars). Following what seems like…
My family just returned from 2 weeks in Italy, one in Mennagio on Lake Como and the 2nd in Riomaggiore – what a fantastic trip! The children (ages 3, 7 & 9) had a great time and were welcomed everywhere we went. We stayed in an apartment rented through www.vacationvillas.net and had great luck –…
My wife and I visited CT in early May. Frankly, we were a bit disappointed in all the villages, except Vernazza, which is attractive and quaint. The others have little to offer in that regard. As another individual commented, the trains are too few and too far between, not to mention how hard it can…