Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel

Capuchin monks lived here first, in the thirteenth century, and their convent still holds the cliff above the Amalfi coast. The building has become one of the more recognisable sights on this stretch of shoreline, set on the rock with the water opening out beneath it, and the old town within walking distance downhill. The rooms, fifty-two in all, lean toward white walls and terracotta tile, most looking out to…Capuchin monks lived here first, in the thirteenth century, and their convent still holds the cliff above the Amalfi coast. The building has become one of the more recognisable sights on this stretch of shoreline, set on the rock with the water opening out beneath it, and the old town within walking distance downhill. The rooms, fifty-two in all, lean toward white walls and terracotta tile, most looking out to sea; one suite keeps a nineteenth-century frescoed ceiling overhead. Mornings bring a generous buffet, lunch is the relaxed open-air La Locanda, and dinner moves to the main restaurant and its panoramic terrace, where the kitchen works in a Mediterranean and Italian register. There is a bar for cooler evenings, an infinity pool set toward the sea, two reading rooms, a gym and a spa. The nearest airport, the Amalfi Coast helipad, sits about twenty-four minutes away by road.