A Casa di Lucia

PISA Airport, after exiting arrivals turn left and follow signs for PISAMOVER SHUTTLE. The signage is not great but just keep following the path and you will see the name in BIG writing, a 45 min walk. take lift or 3 flights of stairs to shuttle. Tickets are 5e one way. get off at 2nd stop (there are only 2 stops) You need to buy a ticket and scan QR code to enter. Machine only accepts 5e, 10e notes and coins. You can use card just press the credit card symbols and then enter details. We travelled to Cinque terre and booked seats in advance via Italia rail about 15e one-way to Monterosso. Train was busy and got the direct train. Bring some grub.

Small and slighthly chaotic airport. Good snack facilities and efficient security system but passport checks for arrival and departure were awful. Long, slow moving queue on arrivals with surly passport checking stall. It took so long to get through that our luggage was piled up on the floor near the baggage carousal. Not a good welcome to Italy! Departure checks were almost as bad !

Lovely cozy old-school townhouse converted into a bnb. The host (presumably the Lucia in question) was very nice and even sensitive with our data, as well as attentive to our needs. Very nice premade breakfast with supermarket products with a very big but - it is a very varied meal with croissants that are very clearly local made (the taste is distinctively Pisan, much like patisseries in town), lots of jam, bread, crackers, milk and juice bottles, cookies, a lot of teas and espressos and all the amenities required to make them. So in my opinion they surpass even hotels in many regards. Full control of the kitchen and supermarkets close - so you can make your own additions fast and cheap. Got two bottles of water in addition to *even more tea and coffee*. The room is very cozy and and felt like a vacation house - old school Tuscany home with a nice bed, TV, room for clothes, external bathroom (private with key) with air conditioning and L-type power sockets. It is fairly close to transportation although you may also need to walk a bit to the station. The neighborhood is nice though and typically Italian with lots of restaurants, market and cafes on the way. Very close to the airport so that's also something to keep in mind - it's a better choice than most locales as the local bus line no longer goes there!