Thursday, August 27, 2009

Cinque Terre!

Yay! I'm super excited to stay in Cinque Terre...it should be a lot different than the other places we're staying....less modern. It will be nice to get away and relax, so I can't wait!

Anyway, there weren't too many different "hotels" in Cinque Terre, especially when we were able to narrow it down to one town in particular: Vernazza. It's the one Rick Steves recommends, so obvi we're staying there! After looking through the reviews on trip advisor, we ended up choosing one hotel, and requested a sea view room (you had to email or fax them to make reservations....). We were super disappointed to find out that it was no longer available, but they did have a non sea view room, with a private bathroom, for 20 euros less. So, this became our back up plan.

I kind of want to show pictures of the other hotels we looked at, and put in a request for, but that might have to wait for another post. To make a long story short, none of the other hotels we liked had rooms available, so we ended up back at the first place! At first I was kind of sad, but we did like it best in the first place, so there must be something good about it. And there is!

I'll show you pictures, all from trip advisor.

This will probably end up being our view....


This is what our view could have been!


Here's a picture of one of the nicer-looking rooms

And here's a picture of the connected restaurant!

I am definitely very excited to try out the restaurant that is part of the hotel: Gianni Franzi. The pesto and seafood and wine are all going to be so good (I'll be sure to take pictures, and post them when I get back.....to make you all jealous!). Anyway, while the nearby restaurant is exciting, my favorite part about the hotel has got to be the terrace, that everyone staying there has access to:


See the little part sticking out from the rock?

And here's a close-up view! The water is beautiful!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I am absolutely in love with that rock terrace mountain thing! I hate you.

Kristin said...

I know! I love it! I really want to write a post before I go about a couple of other places we looked at in Vernazza. I was pretty bummed at first, but the terrace is soooo cool! I can't wait to hang out and drink wine =)

lisa marie said...

yeah.. i'm pretty sure that's not the restaurant i ate at.. ours was kind of on a raised area.. if that makes any sense.. haha.. it will still be amazing!