The first impresion of a dump down an alley was not improved as time went on. A One bedroom apartment cunningly spread over 5 floors, with such amenities as a quaint display of empty cologne bottles in the bathroom, no soaps, and a bedroom that i suspect was a retired pizza oven. If you do visit ventimiglia, (and the old town on top of the hill is a charming place, even if it is a bit unkempt) then it helps to know of the public elevator in the tunnel between the town and the port... this saves some distressing hill-climbing. It would also have helped if they hadnt tried to collect again the room tariff, which we had already paid via expedia. There is a fairly modern looking hotel in the port area.. i wish we had stayed there instead.