My wife and I will be traveling to Cinque Terre the first week of April 2025. If anyone has any advice on what is open this time of year, it would be greatly appreciated.

I know it is the start of the season so people have been telling me to be prepared for some places to be closed still but h wanted to see if anyone had first hand experience of visiting there in early April. Thanks!

Also debating between Sunset Line or Hotel Villa Steno if anyone can advise on either of these options

I was there in early April…but that was probably 20 years ago. Doesn't matter as you will have a fantastic time…less crowds, more local interaction. I had the best pesto lasagna in my life at the castle restaurant in Vernazza. Good for you and soak it in…

Went to Cinque Terre in March as a day trip from Florence. It is not handicapped accessible at all, everything is either very steep steps or a considerable incline. If you are not very physically fit, I hope you stay there a while to see it all at a slower pace. We did 3 of the 5 villages in a day and the tour was rated as moderately difficult. It is definitely not what is considered moderately difficult in the States, so start training now. Seriously. Plan on at least 10- inch steps and about a 45 degree, if not greater, incline just about everywhere. I am relatively fit and I struggled quite a bit there, but we were also on a schedule. We took the train between villages, the hike looked brutal.
Can't speak to any hotels since it was a day trip. Shops and restaurants were open when we were there, at least on the main streets.
Enjoy your trip!

We did the hike between Monterosso south to Vernazza. It was a little tough. As previously described, there will be irregular stairs along the trail, odd angles, and uneven surfaces.

It was beautiful though and there will likely be a vendor or two selling lemonade for about one Euro per glass along the way (unless inflation hit them).

We took the train back to Monterosso, but that was only because we ended up booking a boat tour while in Vernazza and needed time to go back and change into water-friendly attire.