So, we arrived in Perinaldo from Apricale, driving for about 6 kilometers on one of those narrow, steep Ligurian roads that some may define terrifying, but that locals (including old ladies) drive with sometimes an excess of ease. We parked our car right in the Church square just to download our luggage, then we had about hundred yards to go to the apartment. For the night, there are several easy places below to park your car, basically it`s less than ten minutes walking to the apartment, with some very steep yards up. The apartment is fine, with bedroom provided with ample space for clothes (plus a bed place in another smaller room), living room, bathroom and a tiny but working kitchen. More a typical Italian family apartment, in our opinion, than a vacation home. That was perhaps the reason the owners ask a 250 Euros deposit in case something is broken. It felt a bit awkward for us, we wondered what we could have destroyed with such a considerable amount of money, anyway we kind of moved even more carefully than we usually do, and, since we did not break anything at all, the money was promptly returned at the end. Of course we understand the concern, but (this is just our opinion) perhaps there could be another way around the problem. Anyway, the outstanding and most enjoyable feature of the apartment is the terrace, with a great view of the mountains on the east and west and straight down south to the sea. All said, we greatly enjoyed our stay there.
Perinaldo is not as turistically advanced as some other medioeval villages in Liguria, like Apricale or Dolceacqua, for instance, but, for one thing, we did not have to walk in the carrugi (the narrow village streets typical of Liguria) trying to avoid cat`s shit (that would be the case in the otherwise charming Apricale). And we absolutely loved the experience in Perinaldo.