Hi everyone,
I am in process of weighing where to stay during our upcoming trip to Italy this May. Specifically, for the middle part of our trip we plan to stay in the cinque terre or north of. I am having a hard time deciding between monterosso and santa margherita ligure. We have been to the CT 10+ years ago on a day trip, so this will be our first time staying overnight.
On one hand I would prefer to stay north of and day trip into the CT but on the other I know that we won’t experience the magic of being in the villages early morning / late evening when it is not overwhelmed by day trippers if we don’t stay in one of the 5 villages.
We do like to hike and bike so we will likely plan to do a few trails while there but I don’t expect many options for biking in this region; although I did note earlier that there may be an option for that in camogli and I recall seeing a video from Rick recently about a backroads or similar bike tour in the region. I sure hope we luck out with good weather / minimal rain but I know that rain in the month of May can vary.
Input would be appreciated to help me decide which town and accommodations. I would prefer something within a 10 minute walk to the train station.
Here are some of the lodging options I bookmarked, a couple are based on a search of the forum.
B&B SoleMare / Via san martino 11
/ Monterosso
La colonnina Hotel /
Via Zuecca 6 /
Monterosso
Hotel sant’andrea /
Via privata belvedere 10 /
Santa margherita ligure
Hotel metropole /
Via pagana 2 /
Santa margherita ligure
To note, bookmarked the following but they are not available for our dates:
-Hotel Albergo Degli Amici
-Hotel villa steno