Hi all, I'm still trying to find the right apartment with a sea view terrace and came across cinqueterreriviera.com as an agency based in Vernazza that books rooms and apartments. You can tell them what you're looking for and they will do the leg work for you, which sounds ideal to me right about now. Has anyone used them? Thoughts?
Thank you,
Jessica
You might want to consider this place:
They show up offering AirBnB rooms with good reviews https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2886693 and https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12182236 and RS mentions them on page 361 of RS 2015 Italy.
Most everything in the Cinque Terre is now listed on Airbnb ; it seems to be the very best option to look.
@mreynolds-- I've just realized Cinqueterreriveiera.com has apartments on AirBnB so I feel better about contacting them to help us. We will have a 2 year old (24 months) with us and need a place that provides a crib, not all do. So that I don't have to contact each and every owner, I thought this company could do the legwork for me.
We used them, but in a roundabout way, since I first found one of their apartments on Air Bnb, which was unavailable (Stalin Terrace). They sent me a helpful email offering different apartments and we ended up booking the Mike and Franca suite, which we loved. It was extremely tiny but the (detached) terrace with outdoor shower, nice furnishings, and incredible view, made it worth the splurge (only apartment out of six that we exceeded our $200/day budget). It was located by the way, directly beneath Elizabetta recommended above, and they seemed cute too. Check in was at a tiny office on the main street of Vernazza, quick and impersonal, and we followed the agent up up up to the suite. Very clean, wifi worked. Bathroom was contemporary and regular sized, but the bedroom was so tiny we stored our luggage in the laundry closet we found on the terrace...which turned out to be a good thing, as there was a laundry sink and drying rack in there, so we did our laundry and hung it to dry in the crisp Mediterranean air!
The view was amazing, this unit looks directly down on the "second" beach in Vernazza, so the people watching was fun, and we could pack a bag and go down there for a swim in the morning or afternoon (when it wasn't packed). We even rented a small boat one day...
Last year we stayed at Stallin Terrace which is located on the site you are talking about. We booked it through Airbnb. I can't imagine a better view. If you want to see the balcony, watch the latest Rick Steves episode on the Cinque Terre, (the one that came out a year or two ago). You'll see someone jump off a balcony into the ocean. That's the balcony of Stallin Terrace.
We used arbaspaa.com to book our two stays. We actually stayed in the same place in Corniglia both times. The replies were very prompt to my inquiries. They also book day excursions and more!
I just want to thank everyone on this post, and so many others, where I've learned so much to book our Italy trip next October! I started off with plans to use the travel agent we used for our Bavaria trip 2 years ago and taking a car, but they are now only working with German clients, so I started panicking. Rick's books are so great for research and I have a lot of good information from them. This forum, and specifically the participants, are what took the planning over the top. I've booked 3 places I'm very excited about (2 through participant comments/experiences, not in the books and wouldn't have found otherwise), and even though we've never lived in a city with much mass transit (so train schedules seem like physics to me!), I've decided we are only going trains/buses. Thank you, thank you! I'm continuing to read questions/answers on locations we are visiting, and now need to start learning some Italian words and phrases!
