Normally I don’t write reviews but had to write this one…
If you are visiting Cinque Terra, I would highly recommend you stay at Hotel Mary! As soon as you get off the train into La Spezia, there are steps to the left of the tree (located in the parking lot) as soon as you exit the train station. Those steps will take you down to Hotel Mary which is literally across the street. If you have lots of luggage, then as soon as you walk outside the train station, there is a glass structure on the right side when you exit of the parking lot where you can take the elevator straight down to street level if you want to avoid the stairs.
Cross the street on the first level and you’ll be in front of Hotel Mary. It is literally less than 500 feet away from the train station.
We had six luggage and two kids so the location of Hotel Mary really helped us out.
Service was great from the time we checked in to the time we checked out! Breakfast for kids was 5 euros and it’s a full breakfast. Coffee and croissant was 2.50 euros as my husband and I normally don’t eat a heavy breakfast. Staff is awesome and front desk is 24 hr.
A family of 4, we stayed in rm 502 and the layout was great. Plenty of room to move around, shower head and tollet no problem, plenty of towels. They have a hairdryer to use as well. Most importantly the air condition works great! It’s not loud and won’t keep you up at night. (I would recommend you bring your own shampoo/conditioner cuz it’s not same as U.S.)