Italy - These seaside bedsit and holiday apartment rentals between The Cinque Terre and Portofino, Liguria offer a superb way to vacation in Italy.
Situated in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, this holiday accomodation lies just 50 metres from the sea. This stretch of coastline still offers wild and unspoiled nature. Deiva Marina, a little seaside resort in the province of La Spezia, is at the centre of a wonderful stretch from Portofino to Lunigiana and the Poets Gulf. It also lies within the wonderful Monte-Serro and Punta Mesco natural park.
A wonderful coastline and an historically rich hinterland make Deiva Marina a long-loved destination in Italy. There is trekking, fishing, sailing, windsurfing and many other sports nearby, while boat and train connections make for easy visits to the Cinque Terre and to the Gulf of Tigullio – some of the most beautiful spots in Italy.
All these Ligurian vacation apartments are furnished with kitchenette, private bathroom, air conditioning, heating, telephone, satellite TV (Sat TV Sky with the following enabled channels: Sky Sport 1, Sky Sport 2, Sky Cinema 1, Sky Cinema 3, National Geographic, Cartoon Network, Sky Tg 24, Sky Meteo 24, Fox; Satellite Decoder with ASTRA 19,2° EST and EUTELSAT 13° EST - 250 channels), safe, balcony and private car park either in the courtyard or the garage. The flats sit within a spacious garden, and there is a TV room, bar and gelateria.
These seaside bedsit and holiday apartment rentals between The Cinque Terre and Portofino, Liguria offer a choice of accommodation sizes. Weekly rates for two, depending on the season, range from EURO €300 to €600. For three, they range from €330 to €650, and for four from €380 to €780. Your rental includes daily cleaning of the room, excluding the kitchenette; supply of bed linen with weekly change and final cleaning; supply of towels with daily change; water, electricity, heating and taxes.
On request, there are beds for children (linen included) and small bathrooms; car parking in the courtyard or garage; mountain-bikes; garaging for your bicycles or motorbikes; snorkelling equipment; and an equipped area for bicycle cleaning and maintenance.
There is an internet point in each apartment – each has a free WiFi internet connection. Each also has satellite TV with the following channels enabled: Sky Sport 1, Sky Sport 2, Sky Cinema 1, Sky Cinema 3, Cartoon Network, National Geographic, Sky TG 24, Sky Meteo24, Fox and Satellite Decoder with ASTRA 19,2° EST and EUTELSAT 13° EST - 250 channels. There is also a fax service and email. You have use of a self-service equipped ironing room and token-pay washing machines. Breakfast is available on request at €6 per person. And because there is a management office on site, you are always guaranteed the best service and attention.
And there is plenty to see within easy reach of these seaside bedsit and holiday apartment rentals between The Cinque Terre and Portofino, Liguria.
Between Camogli and Portofino, a delightful bay opens out, reachable only on foot or by boat. This is San Fruttuoso of Capodimonte, at the end of which is the beautiful abbey, now carefully restored. It is a place unique in Italy, by virtue both of nature and history: in the beginning a Benedictine abbey, then a den of pirates, and then belonging for centuries to the princes of Doria. In the waters at the entrance of the bay, 17 metres down, is the statue of Christ of Abysses. You can dive down to see it or admire from the surface if the water is clear. Every year at the end of August, there is the anniversary of the laying of the statue in the sea. The blessing of water, the torch-lit procession, scuba divers placing a laurel wreath on the image of Christ, while Mass celebrated on the foreshore – one of the great ceremonies of Italy.
Light, brilliant, delicate, strong colours. Few other places in Italy provide such harmonious colours as Portofino. In the Fifties and Sixties, Portofino became one of the symbols of the dolce vita. Hollywood stars, big names in art, politics and industry meet here. And yet Portofino is a lovely village, with a little piazza and the villas hidden between the olive-trees.
Portovenere, meanwhile, is a picturesque 12th century town, with Genoese buildings that maintain their medieval charm. There is the Genoese Castle. The Church of St. Lorenzo (consecrated in 1130) contains outstanding works of art (there is a marble altarpiece ascribed to Mino da Fiesole). The sacristy has wonderful Arab-Phoenician and Byzantine ivory cases. At the end of the promontory is the ancient Church of St. Peter, dating back to the sixth century. You can easily make day trips to Portovenere from your seaside bedsit and holiday apartment rentals between The Cinque Terre and Portofino, Liguria. From Porto Venere you can travel by sea, to the island of Palmaria, to Tino (with the remains of the Monastery of St. Venerio) and to Tinetto (with its fifth century church). Palmaria has a wonderful natural park with beaches and rocks and lovely for walks.
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