Where to Stay
Discover the Amafi & Sorrento Coats through its Hotels
For the Amalfi inhabitants who will go to Paradise, it will be a day like all the others.
The DNA of the Amalfi & Sorrento Coats
Where Mediterranean Grandeur Meets Vertical Italian Drama
| The Amalfi and Sorrento coasts turn geography into architecture. Villages cling improbably to cliffs above the Tyrrhenian Sea, connected by winding roads, stone stairways and terraces planted with lemons, vines and olive trees. Amalfi, Ravello and Positano bring medieval churches, colourful houses and historic villas to the landscape, while Sorrento’s grand hotels and palazzi recall the golden age of European travel. The region also has a remarkable Modernist legacy, from Gio Ponti’s Parco dei Principi in Sorrento to buildings that use ceramics, whitewashed forms and expansive terraces to create a distinctly southern Italian interpretation of modern design.
Food and drink are inseparable from the sea and steep agricultural terraces. Lemons appear everywhere—from cooking to limoncello—alongside tomatoes, olive oil, fresh pasta and exceptional seafood. Cetara is celebrated for anchovies and colatura di alici, while the mountains above the coast produce cheeses and ingredients rarely encountered by visitors who remain beside the water. Family-run trattorie and beach restaurants coexist with Michelin-starred dining rooms and some of Italy’s most spectacular restaurant terraces. Nearby Campania’s wines, including Fiano, Greco and Falanghina, deserve considerably more attention than another glass of Prosecco. The most interesting hotels along the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts are often destinations in themselves. Former monasteries, aristocratic villas, legendary grand hotels and Modernist icons cascade down cliffs through gardens, terraces and swimming platforms carved into the rocks. At DNA Hotels, we curate the places where architecture, food, history and the Mediterranean become inseparable—hotels that capture the glamour of this famous coastline without forgetting that its greatest luxury has always been the extraordinary landscape. |