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Amalfi Coast
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Amalfi Coast

Cliff-edge villas, lemon groves & long lunches

Overview

Pastel hamlets cling to limestone cliffs above the Tyrrhenian. Slow mornings at Le Sirenuse, afternoons by the bay of Positano.

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Best season
May – Oct
Currency
EUR
Highlights
  • — Private gozzo to Capri
  • — Lunch at Da Adolfo
  • — Ravello at golden hour
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Field guide · Amalfi Coast

A short guide before you go.

A 50-kilometre cliff of pastel hamlets above the Tyrrhenian. Less a coast to drive than a coast to slow on — long lunches, late swims, and the sense that the day will keep its own time.

The dishes worth flying for
  • · Scialatielli ai frutti di mare — house pasta with the morning's catch, lemon zest, parsley
  • · Pesce all'acqua pazza — fish poached in 'crazy water' with tomato, capers, olive oil
  • · Limoncello granita — at Amalfi's Pansa, between long swims
  • · Sfogliatella riccia — shell-shaped pastry, eaten warm with espresso
What we'd actually do
  • · Ravello — Villa Cimbrone at golden hour, Wagner's room at Villa Rufolo
  • · Da Adolfo — lunch on the beach at Laurito, accessed only by hotel boat
  • · Path of the Gods — the 7-km ridge walk between Bomerano and Nocelle
  • · Capri's Faraglioni — but from a private gozzo, not the public ferry
If you time it right

Ravello Music Festival (July) — open-air orchestral nights on Villa Rufolo's terrace.

“Sleep in Positano, eat in Praiano, day-trip Capri. Skip Sorrento. The drive is hairpin and the views are worth the time.”
— Elitore editors
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Residences we love in Amalfi Coast

A short list of the residences our editors quietly return to. Each will be considered — with the right fit — in your personal dossier.

Le Sirenuse
Editor's pick

Le Sirenuse

4.9

Heritage Hotel

An 18th-century Positano palazzo with bay-view terraces, a Champagne bar, and a Michelin-starred kitchen.

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Il San Pietro di Positano

Il San Pietro di Positano

4.8

Cliff Hotel

Carved into Positano's cliffside — sea-cave swims, private elevator to the beach, lemon-grove terraces.

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Experiences worth flying for

Curated by our editors. Not a menu — a starting point for your dossier.

Capri by Private Gozzo
On Water

Capri by Private Gozzo

8 hours

Skipper-led day from Positano to Capri's blue grotto, hidden coves, and lunch at Da Adolfo.

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Currently on our radar

Cultural moments worth timing a trip around. We'll flag them in your dossier if the dates line up.

Positano Jazz on the Bay
JUN
14
Music

Positano Jazz on the Bay

Le Sirenuse Champagne Bar

An intimate evening of cool-jazz quartet sets above Positano harbour, paired with a four-course tasting.

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Ravello Music Festival
JUL
8
Music

Ravello Music Festival

Villa Rufolo

Open-air orchestra performances on Villa Rufolo's iconic terrace, with Mediterranean horizons behind.

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