La Spezia Holidays 123

Three kilometres east of La Spezia's ferry terminal, the small-scale guesthouse La Spezia Holidays 123 sits on Via Fiume in Lerici, a harbour town on the eastern arc of the Gulf of Poets where Shelley spent his final months.

With a 9.7 guest rating across seventy reviews, the property punches well above its category despite carrying no star classification. Lerici's medieval castle rises ten minutes on foot above the waterfront, and the Cinque Terre villages are reachable by boat from the harbour in under forty minutes.

The town itself rewards unhurried stays: the passeggiata along the lungomare runs nightly, and the hillside walking trail to San Terenzo passes olive groves and sea views that most Ligurian resorts charge considerably more to access.