Cinque Terre vs Genoa & Portofino: 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.

 Cinque TerreGenoa & Portofino
Best forFive villages · coastal walksHarbour · riviera
Typical nightly rate€79.00 – €150.00€71.00 – €197.00
Places to stay64195
From Rome Fiumicino Airport4 hr by road4 hr by road
Things worth seeing37

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 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

Where to stay in Genoa & Portofino

All 195 in Genoa & Portofino
Tenuta Moncarlino4-star hotel
Genoa & Portofino · Hotel
from €227.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Grande Bilocale4-star hotel
Genoa & Portofino · Hotel
from €97.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Villa Raggi RelaisTop rated
Genoa & Portofino · Villa
from €181.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date

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