Cinqueterre Holidays

1st, this is not a hotel – it is a collection of rooms scattered in several buildings in the village. Some rooms are close to the station and so very noisy. Others are at top of the slope, which means that you will keep hiking up to access your room, and not hiking the real Cinque Terre! 2nd, no services available after Office closes. Tourists were reporting toilet flooded, sink leaking, no water available in the room, Yet there was no one reachable. You cannot report by phone – you have to show up at the office the next day (which means you have to stop your own tour of Cinque Terra!) 3rd, Misleading the tourists into believing that they have a room, Without DISCLOSING that there are 75-100 stairs to access, with no lift/elevator is called Bait and Switch! When I reported that I have a bad back, cannot climb the narrow spiral 75-100 stairs to access my room, I asked the owner why he failed to include in his posting at hotels.com that there were several stairs with no elevator, the owner starting yelling! His exact words, ”You Americans come here and tell me How I have to run my business? You can take the room or leave!” 4th, Tourists being lured into being given a room with a “View” , but your legs would be hurting by the time you reach this roof-top room after climbing a 100 stairs. Rather spend your legs hiking the beautiful Cinque Terre along the ocean side! 5th, I have already disputed their extra charge of 50 euros with my credit card company.

Good location and cool terrace. Looked like your grandparents decorations. NO HOT WATER THOUGH!

You better pay attention to the time period for check in. If you miss it, good luck getting a hold of them over the phone.

I was not able to get a hold of them after a late arrival to CinqueTerre even though there was a sign in the front with a few phone numbers to contact them directly since they do no live on that property.

The plus was that this room was clean. By no stretch of the imagination is this a hotel. I was made aware that there would be a train strike, making it next to impossible to arrive during the hours available to checkin. It took 3 phone calls and very little cooperation in making arrangements to arrive late. I ended up having to take a taxi or forfeit my payment to arrive by the stated time. Then other guests arrived much much later. The accommodation was a windowless room, with a bed and a bath. The shared terrance had a nice view but one had to navigate through a jungle of dead plants to get to the seating area.

Did not like the fact that I had to check in in one area and then walk to another for the room and no one to help with luggage

The Cinqueterre Holidays is not a hotel. It appears to be a series of rooms in the house we were in as well as other locations throughout the village of Riomaggiore. This isn't a problem, unless you require room service and maid service, of which neither is available. The host was polite and carried my wife's suitcase up the hundreds of steps to the room when we checked in. A very long walk but the view was fabulous!!! And the neighbors were quote nice also. Yes, I would recommend this as a unique place to stay in the Cinque Terre.

The hotel is ok. If you are not very picky about comfort and space the place is fine then. To get to our room we did not have to climb too many steps compared to Cinque Terre standards. The washroom was very very tiny and we almost had no space for the luggage. Our room was not cleaned daily. For the price and the location the room was ok. The owner was very helpful at all times.

This hotel had no A/C, the circuit breakers blew having just the lights on and our phones being charges in the small room. By the way there was only outlet to charge your phone. Be careful pulling the plug out, you'll take the whole wall with you. extremely small room, no space to turn around. You'll get stuck in the shower and bathroom. They did provide clean towels though. there's a height requirement walking up the stairs (5'4 and below).

This is definitely not a hotel - just someone trying to make lots of $$$ from tourists. You'll get assigned someone's attic or flat that likely wouldn't be what you expect for what you pay. There is also no internet and no air conditioning available.