Hotel Mondial, Moneglia

We just returned from spending 10 days in Moneglia, as our base for exploring the CInque Terre and other parts of the Italian Riviera. we stayed at the Hotel Mondial. Super experience. We had a residence with a kitchenette and large balcony with a mountain view. The hotel was perfect. Staff was amazing. extremely friendly and helpful with all aspects of our trip, weather it was train schedules, or suggestions on restaurants. Can't say enough good things about the staff. Hotel is a bit dated, but very clean and kept up nicely. The town of Moneglia has special meaning to us since it is where my wife's grandfather was born, and turns out her family are among the four or five families that are prominent in the area. Moneglia is beautiful and clean. Close enough to the Cinque Terre, but not as crowed with tons of tourist as some of the other towns in the area, although far more tourist in the area than we had imagined for this time of year. We were able to take several other side trips including Pisa, as well as Rapallo and Portofino area without losing an entire day getting there. Would highly recommend both the Hotel Mondial as well as Moneglia to anyone wanting to see this part of Italy.

The hotel is fantastic. Getting there is a little complicated on winding, narrow roads and they have a garage made for very small cars, but it all worked out. On the road there, you have to go through one-way tunnels. If the light is red, you might be stopped for quite a while (like 20-30 minutes) waiting for cars coming from the other way, but the light does eventually change! Also, the roads are somewhat switchback-like and are rather on top of each other, so GPS might get confused. Once you get close, the signage is good. It's about 1/2 mile walk to the main part of town from the hotel (once you get there, you won't want to try to get around by car) where there are lots of restaurants and things to do. Very close to the sea, too. Great breakfasts! Our room had a little compact kitchen.

We really enjoyed our stay at Hotel Mondail and in Moneglia. The room was clean and well kept, and the extra money for the ocean view was worth every penny (although there is also a very nice patio that looks over the ocean as well). The staff was very friendly and helpful. The breakfast, which is essentially identical in every hotel in Italy, was better than most others as they happily prepared a couple of fresh eggs and had fresh homemade chocolate cake (not our normal breakfast, but not to be missed!). there was a very large pool and modern hot tub/jacuzzi that we didn't get a chance to use. It's about a 10 minute walk to the beach, but there aren't very many hotels that have direct beach access, so this was not a big deal. Moneglia is a great place to enjoy Cinque Terre. It is far less touristy than the other towns we visited, or maybe catered more towards European families than global tourists. The town is far less busy, but the beach is still nice. There were relatively few Americans in the town, which was a plus - Montorossa, which was still nice, may be trying to turn itself into some sort of hybrid of Italy and Panama City, FL. It's about $15 round trip per person on the train to the rest of Cinque Terre, so not a big deal to stay here if you want to see the other towns. Just don't expect to hear a lot of English except in some of the nicer restaurants.

Geat little town more locals great dining and a short wslk

Nice hotel, well located if you want to visit Cinque Terre. Super large rooms which are a bit uncommon in Italy. The train station is about a 5 minute walk, and from there it's a 20 minute ride into Monterosso, which is the first town in Cinque Terre. The town of Moneglia where the hotel is located is also quaint and beautiful, the city center has excellent restaurants, and is just a 5 minute walk from the hotel.