Family-run, with a pool, across the water from Positano or inside it. Hotel Tramonto d'Oro, from about €520 with breakfast, if you want quieter Praiano, a rooftop pool looking west to Positano and Capri, and SITA buses at the gate; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather be on Positano's car-free Via dei Mulini, with a garden pool, the church two minutes away and the beach four.
The viewA family-run hotel in the centre of Praiano whose rooftop pool faces west, to Positano, Capri and the sunset.
€€€€From about €520 a night
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The catch
Rooms are compact: the Superior with a partial sea view is 20 m², and the sea is seen only in part, from its 4 m² balcony
The insider oneA family-run palazzo on Positano's car-free lane, with a garden of lemon trees and bougainvillea and a pool facing the church dome, four minutes from the beach.
€€€€From about €1,340 a night
Choose Palazzo Murat if
The catch
There is no lift: rooms in the old palazzo are reached by stairs, the Deluxe rooms on the second floor, and the Standard Double Room, the smallest at about 20 m², is up two flights with a small terrace and no view
| Best for | Hotel Tramonto d'Oro | Palazzo Murat |
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| Best central hotels on the Amalfi Coast | Not on the list | On the list |
| Best quiet hotels on the Amalfi Coast | On the list | Not on the list |
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Hotel Tramonto d'OroPalazzo Murat
Hotel Tramonto d'Oro
Palazzo Murat
The verdict
Family-run, with a pool, across the water from Positano or inside it. Hotel Tramonto d'Oro, from about €520 with breakfast, if you want quieter Praiano, a rooftop pool looking west to Positano and Capri, and SITA buses at the gate; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather be on Positano's car-free Via dei Mulini, with a garden pool, the church two minutes away and the beach four.
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The coast from the seaFrom €994.9(2,700)
Capri, by boatFrom €1604.8(290)
The golden hourFrom €704.8(310)
The coast by roadFrom €2995(140)
Questions people ask
Family-run, with a pool, across the water from Positano or inside it. Hotel Tramonto d'Oro, from about €520 with breakfast, if you want quieter Praiano, a rooftop pool looking west to Positano and Capri, and SITA buses at the gate; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather be on Positano's car-free Via dei Mulini, with a garden pool, the church two minutes away and the beach four.
The Praiano hotel for the sunset from a rooftop pool, with a family welcome and the bus to Positano and Amalfi at the door. Check availability for a Classic Room with sea view terrace. A small, family-run hotel where the rooftop pool and the sunset over Positano are the point, with the character of a place run by the same family for more than seventy years rather than the polish of a luxury hotel. Praiano is quiet, and Positano and Amalfi are a bus ride away.
It has a rooftop pool. A public beach is within walking distance.
Positano from the inside: a family palazzo with a garden, a pool and the beach four minutes away, for those who would rather walk to the sea than look down on it. Check availability for the Deluxe Sea View. A small, family-run palazzo of 33 rooms in the middle of Positano, where the garden and the pool are a retreat and the town, the church and the beach are a few minutes away on foot. The price is at the top of the scale.
It has an outdoor pool. A public beach is within walking distance.