Description

Il Vigneto is a family run bed and breakfast located in the middle of the ancient Italian village of Volastra (from the Latin Vicus Oleaster, which means "the place of olive trees"). Volastra is one of the most authentic villages in the heart of the National Park of the Cinque Terre, where terraces built with dry stone walling cleverly made without any cement, give place to the cultivation of vineyards and olive trees.

Volastra, thanks to its charming geographic position, since the middle ages was the elected sanctuary of Manarola, which is only two kilometers away. Here you may visit the ancient Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Salute built in the 13th century with huge sandstone blocks and characterized by a bifora (window with two lights) in white marble of Carrara.

Aside from offering extraordinary natural landscape with hills sloping down to the sea, Volastra is the most important cross-way of paths of the Cinque Terre. In fact, from Volastra, you may hike many paths with various levels of difficulty. All paths are duly signed with red and white strips.

Location

To reach Volastra by car, the exit from the motorway is La Spezia (A15 motorway Parma-La Spezia or A12 motorway Genova-Livorno). Once you are in town, follow the brown directions Cinque Terre and then take coast-road of Cinque Terre (SP370 road). After 15 kilometers, do not turn right down to Riomaggiore but follow until you get to the crossroad Manarola-Volastra. There you should turn right and after two km you will reach Volastra.

If you decide to come by train you should take La Spezia as a reference for your destination. From La Spezia you may take a local train that stops in Manarola. From Manarola there is a good shuttle bus service to Volastra.