Accommodation suggestions for Cinque Terre and Rome?

We’re 4 adults traveling to Italy in April/May for a month. We arrive in Marseille and will spend 2 days in Avignon. We’re renting a car and heading to Rome. We’ll visit Cinque Terre and Pisa. We’re looking for accommodations where we can leave the car and explore using nearby public transport. I’d love suggestions for places to stay in Cinque Terre and Rome. If you have any tips for scenic routes (avoiding highways), that’d be great too. Thanks

Hi there,

For Cinque Terre, you’ll want to stay either in Levanto or La Spezia. The villages themselves are super expensive, and you can’t access them by car—only by train or hiking. You can find the itineraries for visiting Cinque Terre on this link from our trip. I’ve included the hiking routes and what to see. I also shared our travel budget recap, along with the link to the apartment we stayed in near Cinque Terre. We were close to the train station in La Spezia.

For Rome, there are plenty of great areas to stay, and on this page I’ve broken down the neighborhoods with their key features.

Hi there,

For the Cinque Terre, you should stay either in Levanto or La Spezia. In the villages themselves, it's way overpriced, and you can't access them by car—only by train or hiking. You can find the itineraries for visiting Cinque Terre on this link from our trip. I’ve included the hiking routes and what there is to see. I also shared my travel budget summary page, along with the link to the apartment we had in Cinque Terre. We were close to the train station in La Spezia.

For Rome, there are plenty of great areas to stay, and on this page, I’ve detailed the neighborhoods with their characteristics. Thanks so much for the tips—I’ll definitely keep them in mind!