Hotel Tramonto d'Oro's rooftop pool in Praiano looks west to Positano, Li Galli and Capri. Le Sirenuse puts Positano's houses and church dome below your balcony, and Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, hangs its infinity pool 350 metres above the Gulf of Salerno. At most of the eight, the full view starts a rung or two up the room ladder.
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On the Amalfi Coast the view is the reason most people book, and the town decides which one you get. Positano gives you the famous picture of houses stacked down to the sea. Praiano faces west, along the coast towards Positano and Capri. The cliffs of Conca dei Marini look out over the Gulf of Salerno, and Ravello and Scala, 350 to 400 metres up on the ridge, see the whole coast from above.
The room decides the rest. At almost every hotel here the cheapest rooms face a garden, a courtyard or the village, or see the sea only in part, and the view starts a rung or two up. Each entry below names the room where it does. One thing to know before you plan an evening: while the hotels are open, the sun does not set into the open sea. At Praiano it drops behind the mountains above Positano in summer, and the coast turns gold.
Praiano looks west along the coast, and Hotel Tramonto d'Oro stands on the sea side of the coast road, its roof turned to the water: across the bay to Positano, the Li Galli islands and Capri's Faraglioni. You see it from the rooftop pool, open from May to October, from the Rooftop Cafe and from the breakfast terrace, and the restaurant looks out to sea too.
In June and July the sun slips behind the mountains above Positano up to 40 to 50 minutes ahead of the official sunset time, turning the sea and the town gold; only in the last days of October does it go down behind Capri. After dark, Positano lights up across the bay. The rooms climb by view: none from the Economy and Standard, part of it from the Superior's balcony, the full sea from the terrace rooms up.
The room to book
Classic Room with sea view terrace
about 24 m²€813 a night
Its 13 m² terrace, set with a table and sun loungers, looks straight out to sea, where the partial-view Superior sees the water only from a 4 m² balcony.
Le Sirenuse stands on Via Cristoforo Colombo about 45 metres above the sea, so the sea-view rooms look down over the stacked houses of Positano, the dome of Santa Maria Assunta, the sea and the Li Galli islands: the view on the postcards. The terrace pool, among lemon trees, has the town and the sea beyond it, and at La Sponda the church dome feels close enough to touch.
The ladder matters here. The Courtyard rooms look onto an inner courtyard and the Pool Terrace View rooms see the sea only in part. The full view starts with the Classic Sea View on the lower floors, rises with the Deluxe Sea View on the middle floors, and the balcony doubles to 8 m² at the Superior Sea View. The Junior Suite Superior Sea View, on the highest floors, has 14 to 25 m² outside.
The room to book
Superior Sea View
about 30 m²€3,762 a night
Its 8 m² balcony is twice that of the Classic and Deluxe Sea View rooms, facing Positano, the sea and Li Galli: room for breakfast over the view.
From the top of Ravello, 350 metres up, Caruso looks out over the whole Gulf of Salerno and the coast, seen from above rather than from the shore. The heated infinity pool at the top of the terraced gardens hangs over it, Il Pantaleone serves dinner every night on a terrace above the coast, and breakfast is on the terrace above the sea.
In the rooms, the view begins with the Deluxe Sea View Room, from a balcony or terrace, and runs through the sea-view junior suites and suites. The two entry categories look over the gardens or the village, and so does the Superior Suite, despite its size, so check the category name for the words sea view.
The room to book
Superior Sea View Junior Suite with Garden
about 45 to 50 m²€3,585 a night
It faces the sea and the coast with a private garden of 18.5 to 38 m², the first rung where the view comes with real outdoor space.
Il San Pietro is cut into the cliff of the Laurito headland on ten levels, and every room, from the entry Classic up, has its own terrace facing the sea. That makes it one of the few hotels here where even the entry room has its own terrace on the view; what the step up buys is the space and the sunbeds to enjoy it.
The outlook shifts with the room. The Prestige Rooms with a Positano view look west to the town, the Li Galli islands and Capri, and Carlino's Prestige Room, part of the founder's apartment, has a corner terrace reaching to the Faraglioni. The pool and Zass, the starred dining room, look across to Praiano, and the Terrace Bar takes in Positano, Praiano and Li Galli.
The room to book
Elite Room
from about 40 m²€4,665 a night
The view comes with every room; the Elite is the first with sunbeds on its sea-view terrace, so you can lie out in front of it all afternoon.
Borgo Santandrea is stepped down the cliff above Conca dei Marini, and its rooms sit 50 to 79 metres above the sea, most of them facing it. The view is the Gulf of Salerno and the cliffs of Conca dei Marini, from the balconies and, at dinner, from Alici's terrace, floored in blue majolica.
Where you look depends on the category. The Classic rooms face the terraced gardens beside the building, and the Superiors see the sea from the side. The Deluxe Room Sea View & balcony is the first that faces it head on, and every suite above it does too, the Corner Suite round two sides.
The room to book
Deluxe Room Sea View & balcony
about 30 to 40 m²€3,472 a night
It is the first rung with the Gulf of Salerno straight in front of you, where the Superior below it sees the sea from the side.
Monastero Santa Rosa stands on a clifftop promontory at Conca dei Marini, and its gardens step down four levels to a heated infinity pool cut into the cliff, with the Gulf of Salerno and the coast towards Amalfi beyond. Il Refettorio's tables are on a terrace hung over the gardens, the pool and the sea.
In the rooms, the view widens as you climb the ladder. The Superior Rooms see the sea through one window, and the Deluxe Rooms through arched windows in the bedroom and the bathroom. Below the suites, only the Queen Terrace Rooms, on the top floor, have a terrace of their own; the terrace suites above them add more space outside. The Deluxe Suites face Amalfi or the gardens.
The room to book
Queen Terrace Room
about 22 m², plus an 8 m² terrace€1,540 a night
Its 8 m² top-floor terrace, with a table for two, looks over the infinity pool, the gardens and the gulf: the view the hotel is built around, at your door.
Hotel Marina Riviera stands on Amalfi's seafront road, and most of its rooms look across it to the bay and the harbour. The heated pool and sun terrace on the top floor take in the same view from higher up, breakfast is served on a terrace over the bay, and from June to September the rooftop bar opens in the evenings.
The entry Standard No View faces the back of the hotel. The Standard has a window on the bay, and the Deluxe is the first with a balcony. Above it, the Junior Suite and the Suite add terraces, and the Master Suite on the highest floor has a private solarium and two balconies.
The room to book
Deluxe
about 20 m²€1,050 a night
It is the first rung with a balcony over the bay, somewhere to sit outside with a morning coffee, where the Standard has a window.
Palazzo Pascal is in Minuta, a hamlet of Scala, about 400 metres above the sea, and it looks across the Valle del Dragone to Ravello and its villas, with the sea below. The panoramic pool in the garden faces Ravello and the sea, and the Berry Bar beside it serves drinks as the evening light falls on Ravello.
The four annex rooms see the sea only in part. The palazzo's suites with terraces see the rest: from the Deluxe Suite EDERA and the Romantic Suite LILLÀ the view runs over Ravello, Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone and the hamlet of Pontone down to the beach of Atrani and the harbour of Amalfi. The Prestige Suite FIORDALISO has the biggest terrace in the house, 50 m².
The room to book
Deluxe Suite EDERA
It is the first palazzo suite with a private sea-view terrace, 10 m² looking over Ravello and Pontone down to Atrani's beach and Amalfi's harbour.
Palazzo Murat is for living inside Positano rather than looking down on it: the pool sits in a garden of citrus and bougainvillea, with the majolica dome of Santa Maria Assunta and the sea beyond, and the Deluxe Sea View rooms in the old palazzo have a balcony over the sea.
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Where should you stay on the Amalfi Coast for the best view?
It depends on the view you want. Positano is the famous one, houses stacked down to the sea, best from the sea-view balconies of Le Sirenuse. Praiano faces west towards Positano and Capri, the outlook from Hotel Tramonto d'Oro's rooftop pool. Ravello and Scala, 350 to 400 metres up, see the whole Gulf of Salerno from above, from Caruso, A Belmond Hotel and Palazzo Pascal. The cliffs of Conca dei Marini look over the gulf from Borgo Santandrea and Monastero Santa Rosa.
Can you watch the sun set over the sea on the Amalfi Coast?
Not into the open sea while the hotels are open. Praiano faces west, and from Hotel Tramonto d'Oro's rooftop pool the sun drops behind the mountains above Positano from May to August, in June and July as much as 40 to 50 minutes before the official sunset time, while the sea and the town turn gold. In September and early October it goes behind the hills of the Sorrento peninsula, and only in the last days of October behind Capri. Then Positano lights up across the bay.
Is a sea-view room worth paying for in Positano?
At Le Sirenuse, yes, if the view is why you came. The two cheapest categories, the Courtyard rooms and the Pool Terrace View rooms, have no full sea view and are sold only prepaid and non-refundable. The view starts at the Classic Sea View, with a 4 m² balcony, and the Superior Sea View doubles the balcony to 8 m². At Il San Pietro di Positano every room, the entry Classic included, has a private terrace facing the sea.
Do the hotels in Ravello and Scala have sea views?
Yes, from 350 to 400 metres up, but not from every room. At Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, the heated infinity pool hangs over the Gulf of Salerno, while the two entry categories and the Superior Suite look over the gardens or the village; the sea starts at the Deluxe Sea View Room. At Palazzo Pascal the pool faces Ravello and the sea, the annex rooms see the sea in part, and the palazzo's terrace suites look down to Atrani and Amalfi.
Where is the least expensive sea-view room among these hotels?
At Palazzo Pascal and Hotel Tramonto d'Oro. For one night for two with breakfast on Tuesday 8 June 2027, Palazzo Pascal's Superior Suite IRIS, with a French balcony over the pool, Ravello and the sea, was €575, and Tramonto d'Oro's Superior Room with sea view terrace, the first there with a full sea view, €725. For a bigger terrace, the Classic Room with sea view terrace was €813 that night, and Palazzo Pascal's Deluxe Suite EDERA €645 on 22 June. Pascal's annex rooms, from €375, see the sea in part.
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Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.
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