Locanda Ca dei Duxi
Cinque Terre (Italy)

The Locanda's name derives from the first owner's family name that lived inside the building from about the 15th century to the first half of the 20th.
This family is named Castiglione and like the other native families had several grounds and vineyards where they produced white wine and the mythical Sciacchetrà wine.
the ancient cellar where they produced the sciacchetrà is now the Locanda Ca' dei Duxi's breakfast room, where it is possible to observe the classic brick vault and a part of a vault made of typical local stone.
From 1998, the building has belonged to Germano/Raffellini's and it has been refurbished and transformed into the little hotel, also with the help of the European community findings in order to recover the historical villages and to preserve the historical value.
Given that Ca' dei Duxi is placed in an historical building, the rooms have been conceived with some particular architectural and structural shrewdness in mind.
On the stairs, typically ligurian, there is a visible part of the wall made of local stone.
All the rooms have private bathroom, TV, fridge bar, heating.
Most of them have Air conditioned

Coming from La Spezia by car, Cinque Terre start at the end of the 1st tunnel along the main costal road. Going slowly down from the corner to Riomaggiore, it is possible to see Cinque Terre all together in a sight and to have a really wonderful view of Riomaggiore's village.
It will appear with its coloured and high houses climbing up the hills. All their pastel colours are in contrast with the deep blue of the sea and the intense green of the country.