Caldiero accommodation from AU$100

This is a gem of a loggia, not inexpensive, but well worth the cost. The building dates to 1700 and is situated adjacent to the yellow archway at the top of town. Each booking includes one of the old parlours converted into a small apartment with a sleeping loft. There are still original frescoes on the ceilings. A small garden patio extends from the lobby and overlooks the town below. Breakfast (including the best cream crossiants ever) can be taken outside on a nice morning. The housekeeper met us, helped carry our bags up stairs, and bent over backwards to welcome us with information, advice and hospitality. This was a perfect set up for parents travelling with adult children. It is two minutes to the shops, five to the sea, and there is a Michelin restaurant - Miky - along the waterfront. Train service from Florence through La Spezia was very convenient and much less expensive between the Cinque Terra than the ferry boats. We took one just to get a view from the water. Would return in a heartbeat!

Great place out of the city. Very spacious and clean room.

In the middle of everything