The cottage is very well located above La Spezia and offers a splendid view of the bay. The garden in terrasse has plenty of small places where you can enjoy your lunch or an aperitivo. The house is authentic and comfortable. The perfect place to discover this beautifull part of Italy.

Outside. Beatiful situated in the hills with view over Golfo die Poeti. Beatifull garden with small corners to rest og to take sun. The house itself looks very nice at traditional for the region. Inside. Nice, clean and cosy. Divided in small rooms was what we needed. Easy access to the owner.

Das Haus besticht durch seine Lage hoch auf dem Berg mit schöner Aussicht auf den Hafen von La Spezia. Der Garten mit seinen Terrassen ist liebevoll und gepflegt, jedoch haben wir (2 befreundete Paare um die 50) bezüglich der Inneneinrichtung ein wenig den Komfort vermisst, den man für den nicht gerade geringen Wochenpreis in der Nebensaison erwarten könnte. Die Wohnküche ist sehr klein und die Spülbecken in die Jahre gekommen. Das Doppelbett im unteren Schlafzimmer ( 2 aneinandergeschobene Einzelbetten) hat zwar bequeme Matratzen, aber einen hohen Holzrahmen, ist also nichts für große Leute! Das Haus ist sehr ruhig gelegen (es gibt nur einen Nachbarn), aber es sollte erwähnt werden, daß es hoch oben auf dem Berg liegt und die private Zufahrtsstrasse eigentlich nur mit Geländewagen (wir reisten mit einem Jeep) aber keinesfalls mit einem schicken Sportwagen befahren werden sollte, da dort tiefe Schlaglöcher sind!

Stay in Blackberry Cottage was great! We were especially impressed with the beautiful garden with fresh herbs. The seaview was also amazing. The cottage is well equipped and gives a great possibility to explore Liguria. We especially enjoyed the Portovenere and the Cinque Terre. We highly recommend the Blackberry Cottage to everybody.

Wir haben den Urlaub (drei Erwachsene, drei Kinder) in diesem Ferienhaus sehr genossen. Besonders hervorzuheben ist der wunderschöne und sehr gepflegte Garten mit zahlreichen Terrassen und atemberaubenden Blick auf den Golf von La Spezia. Nach einem ggf. anstrengenden Besichtigungsprogramm in der einmalig schönen Umgebung (Cinque Terre, Lerici, Portovenere, Portofino, Lucca etc.) freut man sich darauf in das wunderschön gelegene und einmalig ruhige Ferienhaus zurückzukehren und dort den Nachmittag im Garten mit Blick auf das Meer ausklingen zu lassen. Bei Regen (den wir glücklicherweise nicht hatten) wäre die Wohnküche des Ferienhauses mit 6 Personen wohl etwas überbelegt. Fazit: Einmalige Lage, wunderschöner Garten, atemberaubender Blick auf La Spezia und das Meer, bei Regenwetter ist die Wohnküche für sechs Personen wohl etwas eng. Bei trockenem Wetter und angenehmen Temperaturen 5 Sterne (*****) Bei Regenwetter und / oder kühlen Temperaturen 4 Sterne (****) wegen der für sechs Personen klein geschnittenen Wohnküche

We had a truly wonderful week in the cottage. And the hosts added one of the major parts to this. The atmosphere of the place is fantastic and hosts' attitude towards the guests makes the surroundings even better. The one major disappointment was that we didn't have enough time to sunbathe on all of the beautiful terraces. We really enjoyed our stay. Many thanks!

We loved our stay at the blackberry cottage, it is fully equipped,very clean and has a very nice charm to it. Mostly we enjoyed the beautifully green well-kepped garden, full with flowers, and a view over the sea and harbour. Which made cooking at home a wonderful experience. It is a very peaceful place, from where there is a lots to discouver nearby. We loved the small fishing villages and beaches nearby. We can recommend to stay here with family, or friends, or just like the 2 of us, relaxing a bit before our wedding a few days later.

While the weather was not quite as nice as we would have liked, Blackberry Cottage was just as it was described. The view is beautiful and the cottage quaint. Please note that it is a cottage, which meant that we spent a lot of time outdoors or sitting around the dining room table. As advertised, make sure that you have a car to get to the train station or grocery store. Also, the lower trails of Cinque Terre were closed and have been since 2012. I would advise making sure that they have reopened if this is where you interest lies. We still had a wonderful time and I would stay here again.

> We (two couples) ate at nearby restaurants for lunch and cooked for dinner. > Even the nearby restaurant (Il Paradiso del Golfo ) up the road, with a view and > great seafood, was a hit. We ate there 3 times. Try their deep fried red fish and eat it whole. > The cottage served us well. In the spring the flowers were in full bloom but > the weather was a bit to chilly for our Hawaii friends to sit outside to eat > on the glass table under the vines. Still they enjoyed the experience. The > washing machine was a necessary thing for the 4 of us since we all traveled > with few changes of clothes and just carryon luggage. > > My wife and I did the red (high) trail from Manarola to Corniglia. You > decend on Corniglia and get a better view of it. We took the bus from > Manarola to the upper trail head and that eliminated the climb up to the > trail head. As of this writing (6/2012) the low, coastal trail was blocked > by rockslides. They hope to clear everything by summer. We still walked to > Vernazza from the parking lot to support the local restaurants and > businesses. Genoa was surprisingly interesting with its stately mansions. Long drive though. Portovenere has more of a history than Cinque Terre and it is right up the road from the property.

Great place to start our vacation. We were able to travel to all the places we wanted to see. We BBQ'ed twice and enjoyed the views at night.

We took our 3 sons (13, 12 and 10) and really loved that each got their own room. The view was fantastic they each commented on how they could watch the moon from their room. The home was fully equipped and very clean. After a full day of touring, we really appreciated how quiet it was at the villa and how centrally located it was to 5 Terre and Pisa and other cities. The garden was beautiful and sitting on the patio having breakfast and dinner was great. I would recomend this property to a friend or relative. The listing and photos reflect the property and amenities.