Bologna vs Cinque Terre: where should you stay?

Both are in Italy, and the honest difference between them is what a night costs and how far you are from everything else. The numbers below come from our own live inventory.

 BolognaCinque Terre
Best forFood capital · porticoesFive villages · coastal walks
Typical nightly rate€76.00 – €201.00€79.00 – €150.00
Places to stay1,19464
From Rome Fiumicino Airport4 hr by road4 hr by road
Things worth seeing83

Rates are the 10th–90th percentile of what we hold in each area, so they describe a normal night rather than the cheapest and most expensive rooms on the island.

Where to stay in Bologna

All 1,194 in Bologna
Agriturismo di Sordiglio3-star hotel
Bologna · Hotel
from €88.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Palazzo Gozzi Bed & Beauty3-star hotel
Bologna · Hotel
from €163.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
QuarantaVasi3-star hotel

QuarantaVasi

5.00(88)
Bologna · Hotel
from €114.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date

Where to stay in Cinque Terre

All 64 in Cinque Terre
Torre del Barbagianni - Castello di GropparelloTop rated
Cinque Terre · Hotel
from €527.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Monpoupon3-star hotel

Monpoupon

5.00(14)
Cinque Terre · Hotel
from €86.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Casa Valtaro3-star hotel
Cinque Terre · Hotel
from €142.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date

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