Pepita di Rio

Beautiful balcony view and great location.

Just know you will climb stairs down to the marina and up to the apartment. Worth it for the location and view!

The photos don’t do the place justice. It’s an absolutely perfect location and the stay was extremely comfortable. Great communication from the team, including detailed instructions on how to access the place. The Apartment had a well equipped kitchen with everything we needed to stay. The bedroom with the Juliet Balcony and the upper level with the large balcony/patio ensured we always had a view.

Everything was great. The balcony is half of a larger balcony that is shared with the smaller unit next door, but there are planters and dividers that make it very private. You’ll also have to do some stair climbing to get to the apartment, but that’s true of literally everything in Riomaggiore. Embrace it!

The view! The friendly owner helped carry our luggage. The location. The delightful restaurants and bakeries nearby. It was very clean. The bed was comfortable. The chamomile tea was lovely.

There are many stairs but you can hire a porter to carry your luggage.

We loved the location above the boat ramp and looking out to sea. The apartment was clean and with everything we needed for a comfortable stay. We were aware of the steps to the apartment but it was more difficult than we expected to get our medium sized suitcases up to the apartment (approx 20kg as we are travelling for 6 weeks). I wouldn't book again unless we were able to carry much less luggage.

Bathroom/toilet on different level to bedroom.

Unreal location. Would definitely return!!

Roberto met us when we arrived to give us the keys. This place was outstanding with an amazing view! It was very clean with lots of space, including a kitchen and sitting area. The private terrace overlooking the sea and village was spectacular. We hope to return!!

The host Roberto met us and carried my bag up, the place is beautiful and the terrace is incredible! The absolute best location and view! There’s a back way to the train for when you don’t have bags! We loved it!

Nothing but be ready for stairs

You cannot beat the view: right on the harbour in Riomaggiore, wonderful huge terrace with table, chairs and lounge chairs. You come in at ground level, with bedroom at back with large window and French balcony also overlooking harbour area; upstairs is living/dining and kitchen, plus access to terrace. Having that space was a bonus for us as it rained a lot so we were stuck inside for two days. Good restaurants right at harbour, although most shopping, groceries and restaurants were up the street and many stairs to the upper town. Apartment has decent facilities for cooking, dining although more cleaning supplies (rags, dishtowels, bathroom cleaner) might have been helpful. We also have to give a shout-out to owner Roberto who carried our very heavy luggage up the many stairs to the apartment. TIP: There is a luggage porter in town. Ask for his help (about 10Euro/suitcase) if you have heavy luggage that needs to be moved to or from the train station which is in the upper town. Roberto can put you in touch with the porter.

A small shelf in the bathroom would be an asset, as there is no place to put toiletries really and there is plenty of room to install a shelf. We stayed for 7 days so this might not be as important for those staying only a few nights and never really unpacking. A heads up about the stairs: There are many steep and deep stairs from street level to the level for the apartment front door, so keep that in mind when it comes to luggage (because we were travelling from a ski vacation we had lots of heavy luggage.)