La Vista di Marina by The First - Luxury Rooms Suites & Apartments

I was worried after booking to read these reviews. I have to admit, booking this hotel to a bit more due diligence than usually but we couldn’t be more glad to have booked there. The sheer fact that you wake up with the most beautiful view ever, from the quiet sea to the colourful buildings of Riomaggiore makes up for any pitfalls. People need to check their expectations. This is not a hotel - and I don’t think it ever represented itself like that - so don’t expect a grand entrance or someone to take your luggage for you. I’ve read some crazy stuff on some of these comments … It is an appartment, it could benefit from some upgrades but it does the job. True, there’s some steep steps but by reading other reviews, you have the impression it’s Mount Everest. You do some cardio, but, again, you’re in Cinque Terre … True, communications is not the smoothest and is at time concise, but that’s not the point of your stay, is it? We received detailed information ahead of our arrival that was very clear. So, yes, it’s not a 5* star hotel (but never pretended it was), yes some upgrades could be done and communications could be more nicely worded, but the stay in itself is magical. The room is nice, the room is clean (and cleaned every day) and the terrace is amazing. If we ever come back to Riommagiore, we’ll book here without a doubt in mind!

Never again no hot water for 2 days poor communication very rude. Only throw what’s app texting only very unprofessional steep stairs only had rope that was falling apart to hang on too. Self checkin was shit. I would not recommend it.

We reserved the "Luxury Honeymoon Suite - Jacuzzi Bathtub." We probably should have read the reviews before we booked, instead of just looking at the location on google maps, and looking at the photos provided on the website. I wouldn't agree that booking here is a scam, but I would say that it is quite misleading. We were hoping to stay in a "proper" hotel, and this was not that. The room was located on the top floor of a building of apartments above the main part of the main street in Riomaggiore (there were about 40 steps, and the stair case was very steep and narrow). The location was fine, we did have a small view of the harbor and the sea, but not like the photos showed. The room was comfortable and spacious. The Jacuzzi tub was huge, but it didn't "jacuzzi," which was disappointing. The host was communicative and shared the details with us ahead of time, so we weren't scrambling. We did arrive early, and were able to leave our bags in the room, even though it hadn't been cleaned yet. The bed was comfortable, and there was a cleaning service that came each day. I probably wouldn't chose to stay here again, because, as I mentioned, it felt a bit misleading and wasn't quite what we wanted. But it was fine.