Hotel Carla, Levanto

Hotel Carla is an excellent option if you're staying in Levanto. Conveniently located a few minutes walk from the train station, just a couple blocks inland from the main beach community. The staff is exceptionally friendly and attentive to all your needs. The rooms are nice and modern, especially if yours has a patio (which most do). My only complaint is the walls don't have great insulation (we could hear our neighbors talking a lot through the walls). What really elevates this hotel is the gourmet breakfast (FREE for guests). This is by far one of the best hotel breakfast's I've had, period. Better than anything I've experienced anywhere in Europe. Great coffee, pastries, fruit, cereal, eggs, juice...even champagne!

Excellent hotel with outstanding service! Location is maybe 1/3 mi to the train station, and 1/3 mi the other way to the downtown restaurants. Wi-Fi, AC and included breakfast were all great! Newly updated rooms and bath. Nice sized shower, and comfortable bed.

Hotel Carla was the best hotel that we stayed in Italy! The room was spacious, luxuous, and comfortable. The breakfast was awesome, and best of all the service was fantastic! Patrizia and Laura were very helpful explaining everything! They had a nice cool glass of water and cookie waiting for us when we checked in, and they were also kind enough to keep our luggage an extra day while we explored this beautiful area. Levanto is on the upper end of the Cinque Terre and easy to catch a train to any of the Cinques. My only regret is that we didn’t have another day or two to enjoy this beautiful hotel and take advantage of the beaches in Levanto. Hopefully we will have another trip back. This place is definitely a four or five star in my opinion, especially for European standards. We stayed another hotels that were rated three or four and would not even equal a two star in my opinion. What you see in Hotels.com for Carla is what you get, and that is a beautiful and comfortable place to stay.

We had an awesome stay at Hotel Carla! The service was better than anything you could have asked for. The staff was very engaging and helpful in explaining everything in the surrounding area. Our room was very clean and spacious. The AC worked very well - for those who like to sleep in a cold room like we did. The hotel is close to everything but far enough away to have peace and quiet from the crowds. Just a short 2 minute walk into town. The walking path to Monterosso is within walking distance. I would highly recommend the Levanto - Monterosso trail if you are into hiking. A little strenuous but definitely worth the amazing views and it is free unlike the CT trails. Trains go into and out of Levanto frequently for access to CT. Levanto also has an awesome bike trail along the coastline that is a most do, and Hotel Carla has bikes to use - for free! Hotel Carla made our stay in Levanto memorable. We cannot wait to go back!

The managers and the people working are of top quality making the personal connection. The hotel concept and the breakfast are great but there are problems with some rooms. The room that we stayed was small to the level that we had hard time managing the two luggages that we had. In addition, our room and the room next door was like 1.5 meter away from the next building with limited sun-shine and it well really claustrophobic. Thus eventhough I loved the concept and the people working I can only give medium marks for this stay...