Lonely Planet and the Cinque Terre – Reader Feedback

I think your website is terrific. It was truly helpful in arranging our visit to the Cinque Terre. We spent the last week in May there, and we had a really rewarding travel experience. I notice that a number of your e-correspondents who are negative about the Cinque Terre have had very brief stays. The…

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….

Reader Dan Wood wrote to tell us about Cinque Terre when the weather is bad: “If it has rained in the last couple of days, hiking may be hard. On our trip, the trails were officially closed, even though everybody went on them anyhow. The hike from Manarola to Corniglia just had a couple of…

Hi my name is Stephanie Noblett and I recently returned from a trip of a life time visiting Ireland, Italy and the States. Italy was a stunning country intensely seeped in history and tradition. The Vista’s were breathtaking, the people lovely and the life style I’d love to adopt. One of the highlights of our…

My wife stayed at the Stella in Monterosso in 1997. Don’t let anyone tell you there’s a better place. Great rooms, great breakfast on the terrace overlooking the old town and the sea. Great cold beer on the terrace after a days hike. The best staff. We were there in early October and it was…

Placing our visit to Cinque Terre at the end of our Italian tour was a stroke of genius. The National park and medieval villages afforded a cadence to life that was restorative and deliciously self indulgent. After a sharp ascend from the train station (there are no cars in this 20 mile long paradise) we…