Hotel Villa Edera & La Torretta ***S

Hotel Villa Edera & La Torretta ***S

In Moneglia, on the coast between Portofino and the Cinque Terre, Hotel Villa Edera & La Torretta sits in the center of town, close enough to Moneglia Beach, Piazza Colombo and Palazzo della Prefettura to reach on foot before dinner. The hotel is adults only, with just nineteen rooms spread across three floors, which keeps the garden, the terrace and the outdoor pool from ever feeling crowded. What separates it from the villas along this stretch of coast is a cellar holding more than three thousand wine labels, from Ligurian whites to Georgian qvevri-aged orange wine, opened up through guided tastings rather than a printed list. Rooms trade the expected sea view for handcrafted textiles and design details, running from a compact Design Small Double to a far larger Standard King Suite; anyone who came for a sea-view balcony should look elsewhere. The fitness room looks out over olive groves, the library and barbecue area occupy slow afternoons, and staff switch comfortably between English, Italian, German and French. Breakfast, a restaurant, a snack bar and a diet menu on request cover most appetites, while concierge, laundry and dry cleaning handle the practical side of a stay. Parking runs ten euros a day, and a cleaning tax is settled locally rather than at booking, worth knowing before arrival. This suits couples and solo travellers who want Liguria without children in the pool; families should plan elsewhere, since the hotel is adults only throughout. Check-in starts at two, check-out is by eleven, and it is the cellar, not the view, that guests bring up again once they are home. Nineteen adults-only rooms in central Moneglia, between Portofino and the Cinque Terre, built around a cellar of more than three thousand wines rather than a sea view. Design-forward, quiet, and better suited to couples than to families chasing a balcony over the water.