Our train from Florence to Pisa to La Spezia this Friday has been canceled due to a train strike. The Trentalia folks at the Firenze SMN station said to plan alternative options to get to Cinque Terre on Friday. We have a car rental to get to La Spezia. Anyone have options on what to do from there?
Our Airbnb owner in Vernazza believes that trains will run sometime on Friday. (One of the Trentalia people said if trains run from La Spezia to Levanto on Friday, it won't be until after 5:00pm). The owner did not recommend a bus to Vernazza and said most people do not take luggage on the ferries. We are considering just spending Friday night in La Spezia and taking the train to Vernazza Saturday morning.
Anyone have some experience on how to get that last mile done to Vernazza outside of trains? Is a taxi an option? I haven't taken a taxi in Italy, so I have no reference there.