Hotel Hotel Caruso, Ravello, Italien (Ravello, Italy)

Situated 350 meters above the sea/perched on a cliff/Ravello commands the ultimate panorama over the Amalfi Coast/a magical location that the French poet/Andre Gide/evocatively described as //nearer to the sky than to the shore//. It is the ideal site to base yourself for exploring a unique landscape that has inspired the likes of composers Richard Wagner and Edward Grieg/the painters William Turner and Miro/and authors/D.H. Lawrence/Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal/who still spends part of each year here. Greta Garbo successfully sought refuge from the maddening crowds and prying paparazzi in Ravello/and ever since/it has become a favorite haven for Hollywood stars. Down in the centre of Ravello/there is plenty more cultural sight-seeing/ and not be missed is the intricate 11th Century Cathedral. Since the early 1950s/Ravello has hosted the celebrated Wagnerian Music Festival in July in the grounds of the Villa Rufolo/to commemorate the composers love for Ravello and the inspiration that he derived from the Villa Rufolo for the second act of Parsifal. Villa Rufolo is a magnificent medieval villa surrounded by extensive gardens/the exotic oriental plants and fountains frame an excellent view over the jagged peaks and the distant Maiori Bay.

6 floors, 48 rooms

Ravello, 84010 Italien, Piazza San Giovanni del Toro 2

Single ab € 820 , Double ab € 1212, Triple ab € 2540