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Parkingiseasy(exceptJuly-Augandsummerweekends)inthehugebeachfrontguarded
lot in the new town (€14/24 hours). If you're heading to the old town, you'll find the big
Loreto parking garage on Via Roma, a 10-minute downhill walk to the main square (€1.70/
hour, €18/24 hours). For the cheapest Monterosso rates, park along the blue lines (a few
minutes farther uphill from the Loreto garage) for €8 per day.
Helpful Hints
Thursday Morning Market: Each Thursday morning, trucks pull into the old town and fill
the public area by the beach with temporary stalls where locals get the items not other-
wise available in this small town.
Medical Help : The town's bike-riding, leather bag-toting, English-speaking physician is
Dr. Vitone, who charges €50-80 for a simple visit (less for poor students, mobile
338-853-0949).
Internet Access: The Net , a few steps off the old town's main drag (Via Roma), has
eight high-speed computers (€1/10 minutes) and Wi-Fi. Enzo happily provides inform-
ation on the Cinque Terre, rents rooms (see “Sleeping in Monterosso,” later), and can
burn your photos onto a DVD for €6 (daily 9:30-23:00, off-season closes for lunch
and dinner breaks, Via Vittorio Emanuele 55, tel. [phone], mobile [phone],
www.monterossonet.com , [e-mail] ).
Baggage Storage: Lucia's Lavarapido, two blocks from the station, provides a wonderful
bag-check service (courageously bucking concerns about terrorist bombs—which can
cause entire cities to leave their visitors wondering where they'll park their bags during
their visit). Just drop off your bag for €5 (see details in next listing).
Laundry: For full-service laundry in the new town, Lucia's Lavarapido will return your
laundry to your hotel (€12/13 pounds, daily 8:30-22:00, Via Molinelli 17, mobile
339-484-0940, Lucia and Ivano). For self-service in the old town , Wash and Dry
Lavanderia is new and modern (€6/wash and dry, daily 7:30-23:30, Via Roma 43).
Massage: Giorgio Moggia, the local physiotherapist, gives good massages at your hotel or
in his studio (€60/hour, tel. [phone], [e-mail] ).
Self-Guided Walk
Welcome to Monterosso
(See “Monterosso al Mare” map, here . )
• Hike out from the dock in the old town and climb five rough steps to the very top of the
concrete...