Somnambulation

Cinque Terre has no real hostels that I could see so most of the accomodation is pensions, which are a pain for single travellers because you have no one readily avalible to share a room with and to get a room to yourself is too expensive. There is a place in Monterosso, the main town in Cinque Terre that rents little tiny single rooms for 25 Euro. I went to the Souvenir hotel asking about a room and the lady said no room, but then seemed to change her mind and told me to follow her. We walked across town and she showed me the "camera" rooms. There are like 3 modern style huts in this little courtyard, which are mabye 5 ft by 7ft. A bed, a sink and a chair and table - all you need. There is a shared bathroom among the rooms with a shower. This worked out perfectly for me the second day I was there, but the funny thing was that there was no one else in the other rooms. When she showed me the rooms at 10 am obviously no one had been there the previous night either. This in a town chock full of backpackers desperate for accomodation. They really should advertise more.