Cinque Terre with a 4-year old
Jul 16th, 2008, 07:01 AM
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A car is a hindrance in the Cinque Terre, especially with a small child. The towns are car-free and the public lots are high on the hillside back of the towns.
So if you stay in Portovenere and drive to the Cinque Terre, you'll be climbing up and down. If you stay in Camogli, you can take the train from the center of town to the centers of the 5 towns.
Both Portovenere and Camogli have boat connections to the CT; don't know if the boats will still be running in September. And I don't know about bus transportation.
So if you stay in Portovenere and drive to the Cinque Terre, you'll be climbing up and down. If you stay in Camogli, you can take the train from the center of town to the centers of the 5 towns.
Both Portovenere and Camogli have boat connections to the CT; don't know if the boats will still be running in September. And I don't know about bus transportation.
Jul 16th, 2008, 08:32 AM
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Camogli does not have a boat connection to Cinque Terre. You need to take a train from Camogli if you want to go to Cinque Terre from there.
From Camogli you can take a boat to points within Monte Portofino park, and to Portofino itself.
From Portovenere, you can reach Cinque Terre by boat when the boats are running. They don't run when the seas are not calm.
From Camogli you can take a boat to points within Monte Portofino park, and to Portofino itself.
From Portovenere, you can reach Cinque Terre by boat when the boats are running. They don't run when the seas are not calm.
Jul 16th, 2008, 09:31 AM
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Lera, I forgot to answer your other question:
I don't think it would be too much hassle to split your time between the two towns. I would go to Camogli first so you can be closer to Pisa for your departure.
Splitting the time allows you to go for boat rides to Cinque Terre, which isn't possible from Camogli, and also there is the dinosaur museum in Lerici (I've never been.)
But the sight of that huge beach at Camogli -- don't forget he'll need water shoes for the pebbles in both places -- will prove you keep your promises, and I think he might enjoy playing with the other kids in the piazzas.
I don't think it would be too much hassle to split your time between the two towns. I would go to Camogli first so you can be closer to Pisa for your departure.
Splitting the time allows you to go for boat rides to Cinque Terre, which isn't possible from Camogli, and also there is the dinosaur museum in Lerici (I've never been.)
But the sight of that huge beach at Camogli -- don't forget he'll need water shoes for the pebbles in both places -- will prove you keep your promises, and I think he might enjoy playing with the other kids in the piazzas.
Jul 17th, 2008, 08:38 PM
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Have you verified that both hotels Genio and La Camogliese will be able to reserve a parking space for you? I wonder whether either one has dedicated parking spaces.
I would find it pretty difficult to schlepp a 4 year old, and luggage for both of you from a distant parking lot (up or down the hill). I doubt that two star hotels would have personnel to help you while you try to accomplish this.
You might have to stay at a more expensive class of hotel with their own parking lots just to make these transfers easier.
I would find it pretty difficult to schlepp a 4 year old, and luggage for both of you from a distant parking lot (up or down the hill). I doubt that two star hotels would have personnel to help you while you try to accomplish this.
You might have to stay at a more expensive class of hotel with their own parking lots just to make these transfers easier.
Jul 18th, 2008, 02:00 AM
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It isn't necessary "to shclepp luggage up and down a hill" to stay in La Camiogliese in Camogli with a car. The hotel is the closest one to the municipal parking lot on the lungomare, and the approach from the parking lot is absolutely flat. One can park near the hotel to unload one's luggage.
(Visitors arriving to Camogli by train will either need to walk directly down stairs or take the sidewalk downhill to the parking lot, the latter being less than a 10 minute walk.
Most hotels in Camogli offer paid parking at the several municipal lots in the core of the town. They are not up steep hills. Most will offer help carrying luggage up or down amy stairs in between if you give them a heads up you'll need the help (As will the B&Bs.) The Cenobio dei Dogi has its own parking lot and a circular driveway for the mobility impaired.
(Visitors arriving to Camogli by train will either need to walk directly down stairs or take the sidewalk downhill to the parking lot, the latter being less than a 10 minute walk.
Most hotels in Camogli offer paid parking at the several municipal lots in the core of the town. They are not up steep hills. Most will offer help carrying luggage up or down amy stairs in between if you give them a heads up you'll need the help (As will the B&Bs.) The Cenobio dei Dogi has its own parking lot and a circular driveway for the mobility impaired.
Aug 13th, 2008, 03:16 PM
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Corniglia.
(In case you try to google it...)
BTW, I haven't read every post here, but my husband and I loved Cinqueterre when we visited two years ago in late September. So much so, that we are making a detour on our trip from London to Sicily just so we can visit Cinqueterre again. And stay <i>in</i> one of the five towns in Cinqueterre (maybe Corniglia this time)...not outside. But that's just one opinion, I know!
(In case you try to google it...)
BTW, I haven't read every post here, but my husband and I loved Cinqueterre when we visited two years ago in late September. So much so, that we are making a detour on our trip from London to Sicily just so we can visit Cinqueterre again. And stay <i>in</i> one of the five towns in Cinqueterre (maybe Corniglia this time)...not outside. But that's just one opinion, I know!
