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Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi

$400 or more
Editor's Pick
Amalfi Coast, Italy, Europe
9 S.S. Amalfitana
Amalfi
Italy 84011
Tel: 39 089 871 012
info@hotelsantacaterina.it
www.hotelsantacaterina.it
Concierge.com's insider take:

Built in 1904, the oldest of the Amalfi Coast's grand hotels, just outside town on the coast road, has been run by the same family for four generations. Such continuity pays off in serenity and in service that runs like clockwork; there is also a certain lived-in feel to this gracious 53-room mansion, which Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoyed during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Rooms in the main building feature patterned Vietri or white-tiled floors, early 19th-century antiques, and balconies looking over the sea toward Amalfi's yacht harbor. Thirteen other separate accommodations are set among the verdant grounds, including four "garden suites." (The most spectacular is the Chalet Giulietta e Romeo, a little honeymoon cottage perched at the edge of the cliff amid the orange groves.) Two rock-cut elevators lead down through the cliff to the rocky bathing area and saltwater pool below. There's also a spa and two restaurants, one high-up and fancy, the other beachy and casual, with a wood-fired pizza oven.

From the readers of Condé Nast Traveler:
Overall Score: 93.7
  • Rooms: 88.6
  • Service: 97.1
  • Food: 91.4
  • Location: 95.7
  • Design: 95.7
The property, "an oasis" on the Amalfi Drive, is one where "staff charm you." Rooms showcase dramatically colored drapes and hand-painted tile floors. Guests decompress at the new spa, which has a Scottish sauna. Lapis lazuli floors and vine-covered arches accent the main restaurant, where the menu is Mediterranean. "Breakfast is a bountiful array of foods."

(66 rooms)
—2009 Gold List

Amenities: Beach, Pool, Spa

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