Le Sirenuse is the deep red house halfway up Positano, looking down on the tiled dome of Santa Maria Assunta. The Sersale family opened their summer villa to guests in 1951 and still run it today, with a third generation now at work. The name comes from Li Galli, the small islands off the coast that legend gave to the sirens.
There are 58 rooms, many with a terrace over the town and the bay. It feels like a family house with a good eye: antiques, majolica floors, walls in soft Positano colours and contemporary art collected over the years.
The pool is the centre of the day. Since 2024 it has been lined with a glass mosaic by the artist Nicolas Party, with lemon trees in terracotta pots along its edge. At night La Sponda, the main restaurant, is lit by candles and looks straight across the bay. Aldo's serves seafood and champagne through the afternoon, and Franco's Bar fills at sunset as the light leaves the cliffs. Below it all is a quiet spa designed by Gae Aulenti.
Each week there are walks on the mountain paths above the coast and evening trips on Sant'Antonio, the family's wooden gozzo.
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Amalfi Coast, Italy.
Positano climbs from a small grey beach up a steep fold in the cliffs, its houses stacked in pink, ochre and white. Most of the town is stairs: lanes and steps lead down past shops and churches to the Spiaggia Grande, where boats leave for Capri, Amalfi and the Li Galli islands. High above, the Path of the Gods follows the mountainside towards Agerola, with the whole coast below.
Amalfi is about 40 minutes away by road and Ravello about an hour. Naples International Airport is around 60 kilometres away, roughly an hour and a half by car, and in summer ferries link Positano with Naples and Salerno.
What guests say.
From guest reviews, checked October 2026.Guests describe the view first: the pool and terraces look across the coloured houses of Positano to the sea, and rooms with balconies share it. Breakfast on the terrace, dinner at La Sponda and evenings in the bars, with their art collection and a new vinyl bar, come up often, along with the boat to the hotel's new beach club near Nerano. Smaller extras get warm mentions too, from a gardener's tour to olive oil tasting. The honest drawback is price: reviewers who loved it still call it an investment, and a special occasion place even for a drink.
Read on Google“This is THE hotel, the one that offers that fantastic view of the colorful hillside homes that you see plastered on every website raving about the Amalfi coast.”
Read on Google“Take a table in the terrace, then go downstairs to the different bars with an exquisite art collection.”
Read on Google“I enjoyed the hotel pool but the beach club was more relaxing and special; definitely worth a visit.”
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