Unique, this place stood sentinel over a terraced hillside with panoramic vistas of land and sea. We had special needs. A professional staff responded promptly to our special requests. Far from the tourist throngs of Vernazza, this place offers a 5 minute walk to grocery store, pharmacy, and restaurants: we had fresh impeccable antipasti de mare and pasta de mare at Cantina de Mananan, and Ligurian pesto and a crispy grilled sea bass outdoors at Terra Rossa. A bus outside the door, and alternatively, a stone staircase, leads to the train station and access to Monterosso, Vernazza and the rest of Italy. We hiked the coastal trail North and stopped halfway at a hillside bar to enjoy a frozen granita of Ligurian lemons. The quite ambiance of Corniglia is superior to the other towns and I found myself recalling memories of past vacations wandering warm nights in Guatemala, Southern California, Africa, Mexico and the Carribean. This is a two room suite in a new residential building with kitchen, good Internet and a washing machine. The place helped us enjoy our visit because it was clearly better than the other options we were seeing in Cinque Terre, and we were very happy to be there.