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You climb through the pine trees for forty - five minutes . You are standing high above Camogli , on the coast of Liguria . The sea is a long way below you . In front of you is a low stone building . This is the Semaforo Vecchio . It is a mountain hut now , and you can sleep in it . A bed costs fifteen euros for the night . The building has watched this sea for two hundred years . Men sat here and signalled to ships and to the shore . Earlier still it was a telegraph station . The French built it in Napoleon 's time . Wooden arms on the roof moved into shapes , and each shape was a letter . Today there are ten places to sleep . Three bunk beds stand in one room . Four more people sleep on a loft by the door . You book online , and the code for the door arrives by email . The hut sits at 610 metres . Carry your own food and water up with you . Bring warm clothes as well . The nights are cold at this height , even in summer . You come up here for a cheap bed . You go home with the whole gulf under you .