Monterosso al Mare hotellit lähellä Monterosso Beach

Plussat: Location was great within the old town. Staff was wonderful. Very nice and helpful. The room was beautiful. Breakfast was good. Decent variety. Eggs were available in addition to the standard fare of breads, meats, fruits and yogurt, etc. great cappuccinos! (Capuccini)

Miinukset: Mattress on the bed was a bit uncomfortable. Maybe it just needs an extra pad for comfort. There was a bit of building noise but nothing that kept us awake.

Plussat: Excellent staff, great location.

Plussat: Beautiful historic hotel. Quaint, clean, spacious rooms. Excellent breakfast with beautiful outside seating. Very personable, accommodating staff. Highly recommend.

Miinukset: Sketchy wifi but I’m assuming they can’t do anything about that.

Plussat: Extremely helpful and friendly owners onsite, and the location was brilliant.

Plussat: Excellent location! We did appreciate the help with booking trail passes (at reduced price) and the bottles of water!

Plussat: It was comfortable and beautiful! Our host was great! He was very accommodating. The breakfast was fabulous!

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: The owner was very nice, helpful and generous

Miinukset: It’s very small

Plussat: The room and location. Our room was beautiful and even the ceiling had a nice painting. I felt like I was sleeping in a fairytale book.

Miinukset: Nothing it was amazing!

Plussat: Beautiful rooms , staff were amazing, very central , loved it and would definitely stay here again.

Miinukset: Nothing actually

Plussat: Nice, clean and big rooms. Very central and close to everything.

Plussat: View from our balcony was great. Staff, comfort, facilities etc all good.

Miinukset: Distance from hotel to village; free hourly shuttle but still an inconvenience and to less attractive part of village. When booking, hotel played down inconvenience of location. Village more touristy than expected - did not feel very Italian (it was our 9th trip to the country).

Plussat: - Great location and view. - Shuttle service helped a lot as the road was very narrow. - Breakfast was well served. - Staff was friendly most of the times.

Miinukset: - Staff was not so friendly in a couple of situations. - Bed was not that comfortable. - Elevator was extremely slow.

Plussat: Absolutely loved the property. The view from the rooms were worth everything! The rooms were spacious and immaculate. The bathroom was bigger than most and the water pressure was fantastic. My favorite part of everything was the balcony and the view. I felt like I never needed to leave the property. In fact, one night we shopped at the local market and had dinner on the balcony. The property has a beautiful location up in the mountain and is perfect for a quiet retreat away from the overcrowded town and beaches. *The shuttle drops you off in a perfect location to walk to the beach or get some food. As far as the staff - The younger girl working the morning breakfast was lovely. Always smiling and happy. I am not a morning person at all - and walking into breakfast and being greeted by her was a pleasure. There was also another girl who worked the nightshift (short hair, tattoos) - she was always always friendly and helpful. Also... if you are interested in hiking... right outside of the gates of the hotel you can jump on one of the trails and take a beautiful hike over to Levanto. It is a steep climb for the first 20 minutes so prepare for that. Best to hike before the morning sun or during sunset. We hiked around 7:30pm and had plenty of light to go back and forth. Not to mention we didn't even pack water and were perfectly fine until we got back to the hotel. You can always hike to Levanto and take the train back to take the train to Levanto and hike back - right to- basically the entrance of the hotel.

Miinukset: I am sad to even write this because I wanted so badly to love everything about my stay - but I was rather disappointed in a few things regarding my stay at this property. My first issue was that most of the staff was not very warm and welcoming. Responses and interactions were very cold and short. But if I am a guest staying at your property - I don't want to feel as though I am inconveniencing you by asking a question. (Maybe I am just sensitive to this as I work in the hospitality industry and always appreciate a level of service that goes above and beyond for their guests) My next issue was the 'shuttle'. Upon arrival at the hotel we were given a 'shuttle schedule' (what time the shuttle will head into town and what times are available to head back up to the hotel) This shuttle service moves on the schedules and convenience of the drivers. If you plan to take the shuttle - make sure the staff is aware you are waiting and be downstairs at least 20 minutes before they are expected to arrive. As far as comfort... I wouldn't say the beds and pillows were the best I've ever slept on. If they were somehow upgraded - I would have zero complaints about the room and comfort level.

Plussat: Näkymä hotellilta ja huoneen ikkunastakin on jotain aivan poikkeuksellista, mahtavaa. Kaikki viisi kylää näkyy yhdellä vilkaisulla. Aamiainen oli runsas, paljon paikallisia makuja, erittäin maukas. Henkilökunta oli erittäin ystävällistä. Shuttle palvelu alas oli hyvä bonus, samoin hotellin piha auringonottomahdollisuuksineen oli oikein toimiva. Vaellusreitit lähti aivan hotellin vierestä

Miinukset: Etäisyys rautatieasemasta ja pääkylästä, shuttle palvelu oli ajoittain aika täynnä. Mutta näkymät korvasi sen moninverroin

Plussat: Honestly the best location to have the view of literaly whole Cinque Terre. It is beatifuly located on the hill facing the CT bays. The view covers all 5 cities and nice piece of see. The altitude offers perfect panorama - we spend 3 days there and we could not find or even imagine better location. It is on the other hand very quiet and boutique like. If you want to rest - stay there. Only sharp hill climbing is problematic, however we did it once in 25min. They provide free shuttle bus from Monterosso center every 60 min. Breakfast is very good, staff helpful. We advice to take full see view rooms - only 10eu difference.

Miinukset: Do NOT take the partial-see view or garden rooms if having the choice - you will be loosing magnificent panorama view and that would make you disapponted. For that kind of hotel they should provide the coffee machine in the room - we were forced to move for coffee to the breakfast room...

Plussat: Location was great up on the hill overlooking the beach and town. The hotel supplied regular shuttle buses up and down the hill to the town and back. Really enjoyed breakfast as there was always a different homemade treat on the buffet table.

Miinukset: The bathroom was a little small but otherwise clean and tidy.

Plussat: Hotellilta oli mahtavat näkymät alas kylään ja merelle. Ilmainen taksi kylän ja hotellin välillä toimi hyvin. Hotellihuone ylitti odotukseni modernisuudellaan. Monterosso on ehdottomasti viidestä kylästä hienoin! Matkallamme Italiassa yövyimme kolmessa eri hotellissa ja tämä oli ehdottomasti niistä paras. Suosittelen :)

Plussat: The view was amazing.

Miinukset: Had to take a shuttle to the town area.

Plussat: The view is breathtaking,- could’t get enough of it! Shuttlebus very relyable. Nice personell. I would stay here again another time if I get back. We had one of the best rooms acc to view, could see all 5 towns. Even a toilett view!

Miinukset: Beds were little to hard for me, but I slept well.

Plussat: Amazing view, very clean room looking better than in the photos.

Miinukset: Breakfast was average but very good coffee (italian esspresso). The fact that we were remote and dependent on the shuttle bus (which was every hour).

Plussat: It is probably the best location in Monterosso with stunning views from the balcony especially early morning and during the night time, when you can see all the Cinque Terre villages. The hotel interior is very nice as well. Shuttle bus service to/from hotel/village was perfectly organized and free of charge.

Miinukset: Can not recall anything that we did not like.

Plussat: Staff super helpful. Amazing views. Shuttle service is awesome; we were running late on our train so we called the hotel to see if the driver could wait an extra 10 mins in town, and he did.

Plussat: Great breakfast. Don’t forget to order your cappuccino from the staff if you don’t want one from the coffee machine. Loved staying here and would definitely book again. We had room 11 which has a terrace and is highly recommended for relaxing evenings- just grab some pizza bread from the shop near the hotel and a bottle of wine!

Miinukset: The booking process was a bit stressful since I thought I was just putting a hold on the room instead of being charged for the stay. However, I cannot stress enough how much we enjoyed our stay here and the staff is extremely welcoming and helpful. No regrets, I’m coming back!

Plussat: The people working there were AMAZING. The receptionist welcomed us with a smile and gave us really good tips and recommendations that made our stay even better. We were able to use the property beach towels even after we checked out to go to the beach and we were even allowed to take a shower at the property facilities. The price was fair and the location was great.

Plussat: Friendly staff and very nice breakfast. Convenient location. We enjoyed our stay.

Miinukset: I booked an economy room and therefore did not expect luxury. My husband and I are both tall and found the bathroom very small. The wall us very close to the toilet.

Plussat: Breakfast is great and facilities in the building are very convenient.

Miinukset: Small insects in the bedroom in the night. Hotel could provide electric insect repellents for guests.

Plussat: The hotel was great! It's centrally located, and the staff is great. Our train didn't leave until 5pm, and they let us keep our bags at the hotel, and even offered a shower for us to chance since we spent the day at the beach.

Plussat: Great location, staff were really friendly and suggested great recommendations for places to eat and also called to place some reservations for us. We were able to use beach towels from the hotel and the wait staff at breakfast were really prompt in arranging coffees and fresh omelettes ect.

Miinukset: No lift to go up the stairs but the staff were lovely and assisted us with carrying one of our bags up.

Plussat: I loved the location, friendly & accommodating staff, the food, beach towels & hairdryer provided.

Miinukset: I didn’t realize the rooms were not air conditioned. I’m sure they don’t usually need it... we just happened to visit during a heat wave. We kept our windows open at night to let the cooler air in. We loved our stay in Monterosso!

Plussat: Love the staff, specially Patricia at the front desk, she helped us with directions and recommendations, thank you Patricia

Miinukset: No air conditioner in our room, only one tower had rooms with AC from what we heard from other guests.We had a nice ceiling fun though.

Plussat: Great location and breakfast!

Miinukset: Shower was tiny.

Plussat: The staff were friendly and breakfast was nice. Room is small and I would not have booked it if I had known there was no AC. Good location and adequate but very pricey for what it was.

Plussat: The hotel was fantastic - our room was clean and air-conditioned, staff was very nice and accommodating and breakfast was awesome!

Miinukset: The hotel is in the city center, but is a bit hard to find. Other than that no problems whatsoever

Plussat: We loved our stay, the staff was super nice and friendly. Great location! We would love to go back one day.

Plussat: The staff are so incredibly friendly. A beautiful family run hotel in a great location. Perfect for families or if you’re alone and wanting some quiet time. Loved it!

Miinukset: There’s not much I didn’t like but maybe some more variety for breakfast could have been nice.

Plussat: Lovely people lovely place lovey location lovely beach! AMAZING!

Plussat: Staff were welcoming and offered beach towels to use. We checked out early and missed breakfast, however a cappuccino and croissant were organised which was a lovely gesture and greatly appreciated. This hotel is a good location and in easy reach of all the local restaurants.

Miinukset: No complaints.

Plussat: Location, cleanliness. Free beach towels. Reception staff very friendly. Recommendation for dinner was very good.

Miinukset: Shower stalls the size of postage stamp. No tissues, hair dryer blew only cold air, breakfast was so so. Could not bring breakfast into courtyard. Room size was small for two people.

Plussat: The location is superb and the owners/staff are lovely. They don't speak very much English - fyi. The hotel is clean and well kept but a wee bit old/outdated and bed was hard as a rock. The breakfast was really under par , some ham and cheese and rolls but not much else. Would not have minded but it was high season prices so a bit overpriced for what you got. I'd go back though because the location is so stunning. The pool table/amenities were broken so not much to do in the hotel but we hiked every day and ate out so it was ok for us.

Miinukset: Breakfast was very basic

Plussat: The facility is old but well kept. Communicating with front desk staff was tough if you’re not fluent in Italian, but the staff was very helpful and went out of their way to help. The location is not beach front but a short walk away. Breakfast was a nice treat as it provided wider options than other Italian hotels.

Miinukset: Simply prefer beachfront

Plussat: Lovely family run establishment, well worth the money-good breakfast and great location in Cinque Terre.

Miinukset: The rooms are sized well but a bit outdated, towels and linens are basic but adequate. All in all, the rooms are no frill but the treatment was superb.

Plussat: The property was very well located, and the staff was nice.

Miinukset: The breakfast was very sub-par, and while other rooms had air conditioning our room did not.

Plussat: The staff was super friendly. Hotel had a "beach vibe". Less central so you could get out of the people traffic.

Miinukset: If the bathroom was bigger it would have been great but what we had worked just fine.

Plussat: The staff were delightful - they could not have been more welcoming and helpful. The hotel was spotlessly clean with good aircon. Our room had a view of the hills and we could hear the hotel fountain from our window. The location is superb- 1 minute walk from the beach. A fantastic hotel at the price!!!!

Miinukset: Everything was great!!! There are no problems at all. Just wish we had stayed longer.

Plussat: The attention of the staff and the location were both excellent. Welcoming even with a very late check-in, helpful with laundry, and free with advice on lots of subjects. Very nice dining room and several outdoor patios.

Miinukset: No fridge, breakfast so-so

Plussat: Although hotel is pretty old it is still in very good condition. One of the few hotels in 5 Terre with free parking places nearby. Personnel was very helpful.

Miinukset: Check-out was not so fast as our car was blocked in the parking lot by the other cars so it took a while to drive-off.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Staff was not very welcoming or accommodating, the room was cramped. Rooftop garden was nice though.

Plussat: The staff was extremely friendly, I was a solo traveler and they did everything they could to ensure my stay was comfortable. The hotel was in the perfect location, only a 4 minute walk from the free beach and from the rest of the city. The room was very comfortable and clean; when I walked in they had just cleaned the floors! They also provided a free beach towel which came in handy because I forgot mine.

Miinukset: The room was comfortable and great, but there wasn't anyway to lock the door. Handles in Italy are very different as typically there isn't a way to turn them because you usually use the key to get inside; but I still think there should have been extra locks on the door to ensure the safety of your belongings. It was mentioned in the description, but if you have to do early check-out and you are looking to stay longer, you can leave your belongings under the stairs in the reception area. I found this to be something common in my stay at hotels in Italy; it worked out fine but there should definitely be safer alternatives!

Plussat: Hyvä sijainti, hiljainen ja rauhallinen hotelli.

Plussat: locatiom and cleanliness

Miinukset: WiFi not working at our room. Had to go to lobby area to be able to connect on a stabile WiFi

Plussat: Garden. Staff, breakfast, cleanliness. Location was advantage and disadvantage: very central in town but far away from parking.

Plussat: Good breakfast range. Great shower.

Miinukset: 4th floor room with tiny lift 2 persons max.

Plussat: We enjoyed our stay! The room was small, but comfortable for myself and my adult daughter. The breakfast was fantastic. The staff friendly and helpful. We appreciated that even after we checked out we could use their beach towels, head to the beach for several hours and then take a shower back at the hotel. We visited the rooftop garden twice - it's lovely. The location is fantastic!

Plussat: Great view. Not noisy at all yet walkable distance from the train station.

Plussat: Great location in the old town with shops, restaurants and beach within easy walking distance. Fantastic view from the roof garden. I had a single room which was very compact, but comfortable with lots of storage and a big balcony. Lots of choices at breakfast and the staff were all friendly and helpful.

Plussat: Amazing Location for a base place to explore Cinque Terre. The garden at the back of the hotel gives a great birds eye view of Monterroso. All the staff are really friendly and you get value for money staying in such a great location.

Miinukset: Seems such a picky thing to say but I really think the hotel would benefit if they put a Jacuzzi in the gardens at the back (some would say not in keeping) but we wouldn't have moved from the hotel the days we sunbathed if we had somewhere to cool down.

Plussat: Location and roof garden

Miinukset: Too small

Plussat: Great staff great rooms excellent showers delicious breakfast and most of all is the location.

Miinukset: No car can reach to it. You have to stop at the church and do the 3 min walk with your luggage.

Miinukset: The hotel is located right on the beachfront and that is about the best thing about it. We paid 220 euros per night for a 5-night stay and in my opinion it is barely worth half that. The room was clean but tired and in need of a refurb. There were no toiletries in the bathroom apart from soap and the only bin was an open bucket under the sink, there was no bin in the bedroom. The air conditioning was efficient but the wifi was not – we were on the third floor. The window looked out onto a wall of vegetation. I asked for an iron when we arrived and unbelievably they didn’t have one, so I had to wear creased clothes for 5 days. I usually pack a travel iron, but I left it at home expecting a hotel this pricey to have one. We double checked with the housekeeping staff (who were lovely) and judging by their (still negative) response, they get asked a lot. It wouldn’t hurt to invest in one. There is no lift apart from for luggage so the trek up to the third floor after a long day was excruciating, particularly as there was no air conditioning in the communal areas. The reception staff were brusque at best as was the lady at breakfast. All I can say about breakfast is that it was adequate. Very basic cereal, quiche, meat, cheese, pastries and fruit. There were urns of coffee and hot milk which was unlimited, but the coffee was burnt and stewed every morning. You were permitted to order one “speciality” coffee each morning – cappuccino, espresso etc but had to pay for any further drinks. I found this to be fairly disgusting for a hotel this expensive. The most bizarre thing was the bar service. There was a bank of beach front tables out front (where you could have your breakfast which was nice) and a bar inside with a sign on the front wall advertising an Osteria serving cocktails, wine etc. The tables had signs on during the day reserving them for hotel gusts but there was no bar service. It transpired on our third night that if we asked reception we could

Plussat: Close to parking.

Miinukset: AC pre set to 23’C. To hot for confort.

Plussat: The location was absolutely perfect.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: excellent location in Monterosso

Miinukset: The room is a little bit crowded.

Plussat: The position opposite the beach and close proximity to the railway station

Miinukset: The lumpy mattress and the steps... though there was a lift for luggage luckily

Plussat: Location and nice and clean

Miinukset: Cleaners were noisy in the morning - with their chit chat

Plussat: Excellent location

Miinukset: The view from my room

Plussat: Great location.

Plussat: It was in a great location on the beachfront, with its own private tables to use by guests on the beachfront overlooking the beach. Having breakfast sitting outside, was just lovely.

Miinukset: That you could only stop people sitting on the balcony above opposite, from looking down on you by hanging/jamming a towel in the window. There was no privacy in the bathroom or in bed, unless you did that. We saw reception lady about it and did not really get any response! It was more like you felt that is how it is and we can’t do anything about it. Any way using a towel to block the window helped! There was a flimsy bit of see through material hanging on the window that gave zero privacy!

Plussat: Great location, great air conditioning

Plussat: Being on the beach, while able to easily visit the other C. T. villages. Train nearby. Paid parking close. Our small, generic, second floor room had balcony over looking the Med. Would have been much less enjoyable without the view:

Miinukset: Staff not very friendly.