Amalfi

The Amalfi Coast is one enormous environmental sculpture of dramatic limestone cliffs, lemon groves stacked in vertical terraces and pastel houses that look as if they are about to slide into the Mediterranean. To truly understand it you have to stop seeing the towns as separate places and start reading them through their height and position relative to the waterline. The waterline and the carved cliff (Positano and Amalfi) are the most dramatic, visual experience: here you stay inside the cliff itself, in historic luxury hotels cut into the vertical rock, and waking up means hearing the waves break directly beneath your balcony, riding private elevators carved into the stone down to the boat dock or the beach, and watching the glittering waterline up close — a sensory, mesmerising, vividly alive experience. The quiet mountain and the view from above (Ravello) is another world: the moment you climb the winding roads up to Ravello, perched about 350 metres above the sea, the noise of the boats and the busy beaches vanishes and a deep, aristocratic calm takes its place, and staying in ancient noble villas surrounded by manicured botanical gardens offers a bird’s-eye perspective over the whole gulf, quiet sunsets and a romantic, detached, refined mood. The hidden fishing coves (Praiano and Conca dei Marini) are the quiet neighbours tucked between the giants: small fishing towns offering a more intimate way into the Amalfi Coast without Positano’s crowds, where the hotels sit at the points where the cliff eases just enough to allow a relaxed walk down to hidden coves (calas), with still, emerald-toned water and small family fish restaurants on the waterline. At SherryStay we know that the view from Amalfi is not just a picture — it is the physical experience that will accompany you every moment of the day: we have mapped the leading resorts and hotels by their height, privacy and access to the water — no compromises on your standard.

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