Where to Stay in Cinque Terre (2027): The Best Villages, 12 Hotels and the €3 Tourist Tax

No one pays to be recommended here, and we say when a free or cheaper option wins. Our promise →

Cinque Terre hotels carry a small tax and a bigger decision. The tax is €3 a person a night in all five villages, which fall into three comuni, for up to three nights. The decision is how you will move: the villages are linked by one train line, a seasonal ferry and a network of paths, and the park sells passes for each.

This guide covers seven bases, the five villages plus La Spezia and Levanto, 12 hotels and guest houses, the tourist tax and the passes, trains and ferries as the park and the operators publish them. The hotels are researched picks, chosen for location, what each property publishes and consistent guest feedback, and each was checked as operating in November 2026. No hotel pays to appear here. Tiers follow each property’s category and are our judgement, not a rate comparison.

The short answer

Not sure which area? Rank these areas for your trip: pick what matters and see the reasons.

The Cinque Terre tourist tax, comune by comune

The five villages sit in three comuni: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza (which includes Corniglia) and Riomaggiore (which includes Manarola). Each sets its own tourist tax, per person per night, collected by your host. The rates below are the latest each has published, labelled with their year.

Children are exempt up to their twelfth birthday in Monterosso, up to their tenth in Vernazza and under 14 in Levanto. In La Spezia the council’s executive sets the amount, and the only figure we found, €2.50 on a hotel notice, dates from 2018; ask the hotel what it charges.

Worked example (our arithmetic): a couple staying four nights in Vernazza pays 2 × 3 × €3 = €18 in tax, because only three nights are charged.

Getting around: trains, passes, paths and ferries

• Trains. Regional trains run between Levanto and La Spezia and stop at all five villages. The Cinque Terre Treno MS Card gives unlimited second-class travel on that line, plus the park’s services and the Via dell’Amore. The 2026 price list, valid from 14 March to 1 November 2026, set an adult one-day card at €22.00, €29.50 or €35.00 depending on how busy the day is. From 2 November to 31 December 2026 the winter price is €17.30 for a day, €29.00 for two days and €34.00 for three. No 2027 price list was published yet.
• Winter rule and works. Trenitalia says that from 2 November 2026 to 19 March 2027 you need a regional ticket, a regional pass or the Treno MS Card on regional trains that stop in the Cinque Terre. The park reports rail works that stop trains between Corniglia and La Spezia for 48 hours on the weekends of 9 to 10 January and 6 to 7 February.
• The Trekking Card. For the paths alone, the park’s price list gives an adult card at €10.00 for one day, €17.00 for two days and €23.50 for three, rising to €15.00, €26.70 and €37.50 on high-demand days. Guests of partner accommodation can buy a one-day card at €5.00. The Via dell’Amore needs a booking.
• The Sentiero Azzurro today. On its trail page of 3 November 2026 the park listed the Via dell’Amore, Riomaggiore to Manarola, as a tourist-grade path and the Manarola to Corniglia section as closed; Corniglia to Vernazza and Vernazza to Monterosso were listed as expert-grade paths, with no weather alert. Path 587 between Corniglia and Case Pianca closes from 16 November 2026 for about three months. Check the park’s page before you walk.
• Ferries. The Consorzio Marittimo Turistico 5 Terre – Golfo dei Poeti runs Line 02 from La Spezia and Levanto to Riomaggiore, Manarola, Vernazza and Monterosso; Corniglia has no stop. From La Spezia a one-day return ticket is €42 for adults and €15 for children, an afternoon return is €28, and a single to Vernazza or Monterosso is €30. The summer timetable ran from 20 April to 27 September 2026, and a separate timetable runs from 2 November to 8 December 2026. No 2027 timetable was published yet.
• From the airports. The ferry operator names Pisa, 78 km away, and Genoa, about 100 km, as the closest airports and recommends the train. At Pisa, the PisaMover shuttle to Pisa Centrale costs €6.50 single; regional trains continue to La Spezia.

Monterosso al Mare: the first-trip base

Monterosso is the largest of the five villages and the one with a beach, so it suits a first trip and a family. It is the northern end of the five villages, and two of the hotels below have a pool.

Where to stay in Monterosso

How the hotel links work: a hotel’s name goes to its own website. “Check rates” opens it on Booking.com through our partner Stay22, which pays us a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you.

• Hotel Porto Roca, splurge. Listed by the park as a four-star at Via Corone 1, and described on its own site as perched high on the cliffs, with sea-view rooms, suites, a pool and the La Terrazza restaurant. Choose it for the view over the village. Watch out: the hotel’s own word is “perched”, so check the walk with luggage. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Palme, splurge. Describes itself as a four-star with 50 rooms, each with shower, minibar, TV and safe, air-conditioning throughout, a buffet breakfast, a garden and a bar. Choose it for a full hotel by the sea. Watch out: its site gives no room sizes, so ask before you pay for a category. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Villa Adriana, comfortable. A three-star at Via IV Novembre 23 with an outdoor pool, bed and breakfast or half board. Choose it for a pool after a day of walking. Watch out: its site says it is open from 1 April to 25 October in 2026, so expect it to be shut in winter and check the 2027 dates once they are published. Check rates on Booking.com →

Vernazza: a harbour and a square

Vernazza is a small port with a church at the water’s edge and a main square, Piazza Marconi, that the Gianni Franzi site calls the living room of the Cinque Terre.

Where to stay in Vernazza

• Gianni Franzi, good value. A trattoria with rooms on Piazza Marconi, at Via San Giovanni Battista 41, which says its first rooms were made in the late 1960s. Choose it for a table and a bed in the same house. Watch out: the rooms are attached to a working restaurant, so ask for a quiet one. Check rates on Booking.com →
• La Malà, comfortable. An old Ligurian house turned into guest rooms, a couple of steps from the village square, with a terrace of natural rock. Choose it for a small, calm place in the village. Watch out: it is on a stepped street at Via San Giovanni Battista 29, so ask about the climb with bags. Check rates on Booking.com →

Corniglia: the village on the hill

Corniglia is the one village not on the water, and the ferries do not stop there. It is in Vernazza’s comune for the tax.

Where to stay in Corniglia

• Madüneta 5 Terre, good value. A guest house at Via Fieschi 5 to 9, listed in the park’s quality-mark directory, with six named rooms. Choose it for a quiet night in the hill village. Watch out: Corniglia has no ferry stop, so arrive by train and then on foot. Check rates on Booking.com →

Manarola: the headland and the sunset

Manarola is the postcard: houses stacked on a rock above a small bay, in Riomaggiore’s comune for the tax. The path to Corniglia was listed as closed on 3 November 2026.

Where to stay in Manarola

• Hotel Ca’ d’Andrean, comfortable. A family hotel in the old centre at Via Discovolo 101, in a building where olives were once pressed, with spacious air-conditioned rooms with bathroom, some with a terrace. Choose it for a family-run hotel. Watch out: breakfast in the garden is for the good season, by its own wording. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Marina Piccola, comfortable. Twelve recently renovated rooms at Via Birolli 120: seven doubles, four triples and one Junior Suite. Choose it for a small hotel near the sea. Watch out: with 12 rooms it fills early. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Da Baranin, good value. A guest house at Via Rollandi 29 with classic rooms, doubles with a sea-view balcony, family suites and an apartment. Choose it for a balcony or an apartment. Watch out: the park lists it as a guest house, so confirm the check-in time. Check rates on Booking.com →

Riomaggiore: the south end

Riomaggiore is the first of the five villages from La Spezia, with tall houses above a rocky shore and the Via dell’Amore leaving towards Manarola.

Where to stay in Riomaggiore

• Hotel Villa Argentina, budget. Listed by the park as a two-star at Via De Gasperi 170, with economy rooms, sea-view rooms, apartments and a terrace over the village, and reached, its site says, with a nearby lift. Choose it for the lowest category here. Watch out: economy and sea-view rooms are separate categories; check which you book. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel del Sole, good value. A small family hotel on Riomaggiore’s main street, at Via del Santuario 114, 600 metres from the station by its own count, and a partner in the park’s sustainable tourism scheme that offers guests a discount on train and trekking tickets. Choose it for the ticket discount. Watch out: ask what the discount is before you rely on it. Check rates on Booking.com →

La Spezia: a base with trains and ferries

La Spezia is a working port city with the main station and the ferries to the villages. Its tax regulation caps the charge at five consecutive nights.

Where to stay in La Spezia

• Hotel Firenze e Continentale, comfortable. By the station, with rooms from Economy and Comfort to Superior, Deluxe and suites; its site says the station, a few steps away, reaches the Cinque Terre in five minutes. Choose it for trains and early ferries. Watch out: it is a city hotel, not a village, so the evening is in La Spezia. Check rates on Booking.com →

Levanto: the other end of the line

Levanto is the other end of the Treno Card’s line, and Line 02 also runs there. Its tax is lower than the villages’: €1.50 or €2.00 on the town’s 2024 tariff. We have not named a Levanto hotel: we could not confirm an official hotel website this time.

How to book Cinque Terre

• Count the tax. Add €3 a person a night, for up to three nights, in all five villages: a couple’s three nights is €18.
• Watch the season. Some properties close in winter: Hotel Villa Adriana says it is open from 1 April to 25 October in 2026. Ferries run a reduced timetable from 2 November.
• Compare totals. Hotel booking sites compared goes through where to book.

All 12 at a glance

Before you go

• Before you fly, sort out mobile data (the best eSIM for Europe) and cover (the best travel insurance). Florence fits before or after the coast.

Frequently asked questions

Sources & further reading

• Park: Treno Card prices
• Park: Trekking Card prices
• Park: trail status, 3 November 2026
• Park: path 587 closure
• Park: RFI works
• Park: where to stay directory
• Trenitalia: travel around the Cinque Terre
• Ferries: timetables
• Ferries: Line 02 fares (PDF)
• Ferries: how to reach the Cinque Terre
• Monterosso al Mare: 2026 tourist tax tariff (PDF)
• Vernazza: 2025 tourist tax tariff (PDF)
• Vernazza: tourist tax regulation from 2026 (PDF)
• Riomaggiore: 2025 tourist tax resolution (PDF)
• Riomaggiore: resolution 89/2025 on consecutive nights (PDF)
• Levanto: tourist tax
• La Spezia: tourist tax regulation
• Official websites of each hotel named above, checked in November 2026

Prices, fares and hotel terms change. Every detail here was checked in November 2026; confirm rates, room types, opening dates and cancellation terms with the hotel before booking, and the path and ferry status with the park and the operator before you travel. These are researched picks, not reviews. This article contains affiliate links: hotel rates on Booking.com and other booking sites through Stay22, and tours, transfers and eSIMs through our partners; if you book through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. No hotel pays to be included.

← Back to Gently Yonder