The L'Eremo Sul Mare - or Hermitage above the Sea is a converted monastery that offers a unique stay in the Cinque Terre. The house is nested on a rocky promontory on the sea hidden in a thick grove of pine trees, holm-oaks and cypresses. If you love quiet places with a rustic setting, this is the place for you, but be forwarned, the Hermitage is a 250 meter climb up from Vernazza on the famous "Blue path" that leads to Corniglia - so you need to be fit and you need to pack light.
The house is large, comfortable, and fully furnished. It has three air-conditioned double bedrooms with private bathrooms, two large living rooms with fireplace, a large panoramic terrace are at our guests' disposal. If necessary, a well-equipped kitchen is available. From the Hermitage you can enjoy a magnificent view of the sea and the Cinque Terre at your feet. On clean days it's easy to see in the distance Corsica and Capraia islands.
Price includes:
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Accomodation in a comfortable and well furnished double bedroom.
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Rich Italian breakfast: plentiful choice of milk, coffee, tea, water-bisquits, biscuits, brioches, butter, jam and fruit juices.
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Use of hot and cold water, electric power.
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Linen will be changed every three days.
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Daily cleaning of the rooms (except bed-making).
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Air conditioning and electric heating.
The Hermitage is 500 m. from the railway station, along the “Blue Path”, which connects Vernazza and Corniglia. The path is steep, and has many steps. Going uphill takes about 15 minutes walk.
Leave the station (1), go on about 30 mt. uphill, take a small stair (about 10 concrete steps) on the right of “Pensione Sorriso” (2). Go on for about 50 mt. towards a small valley (3). On your way you'll find the stair to the upper cilindrical stone tower (4). Next to the tower there is a terraced bar - restaurant called “La Torre”; you are now on the side overlooking the open sea. Go on for about 5 minutes: the path is now quite narrow and amazingly scenic. Before that you will meet a wooden little hut where the National Park requires a payment of 3 euro per person to cross the Blue Path (our guest are exempted for the run until the Hermitage) (5). A small green door will lead you to the hermitage: on the wall, to the left of the door, an image dated 1961. Another stair to the rock peak and you are there (6). If you start your walk from the village place, by the chemist's shop (A), you'll see a sign “per Corniglia”. Following it, after about 100 mt. you are at the stairs to the “Torre”.
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