In the middle of Positano, the villa or the palazzo. Le Sirenuse, from about €1,905 with breakfast, if you want the Sersale family's villa with sea-view balconies over the town, a Gae Aulenti spa and candlelit dinners at La Sponda; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather have a palazzo on the car-free Via dei Mulini, a pool among citrus trees and Spiaggia Grande four minutes away.
The iconThe Sersale family's summer house, a hotel since 1951, with a candlelit dining room, a mosaic pool and balconies over Positano.
€€€€From about €1,905 a night
Choose Le Sirenuse if
The catch
The cheapest rooms, the Courtyard Rooms of about 22 m², look onto an inner courtyard with a limited view; the sea view starts at the Classic Sea View, on the lower floors
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
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The verdict
In the middle of Positano, the villa or the palazzo. Le Sirenuse, from about €1,905 with breakfast, if you want the Sersale family's villa with sea-view balconies over the town, a Gae Aulenti spa and candlelit dinners at La Sponda; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather have a palazzo on the car-free Via dei Mulini, a pool among citrus trees and Spiaggia Grande four minutes away.
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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
In the middle of Positano, the villa or the palazzo. Le Sirenuse, from about €1,905 with breakfast, if you want the Sersale family's villa with sea-view balconies over the town, a Gae Aulenti spa and candlelit dinners at La Sponda; Palazzo Murat, from about €1,340 with breakfast, if you would rather have a palazzo on the car-free Via dei Mulini, a pool among citrus trees and Spiaggia Grande four minutes away.
The Sersale family's hotel in Positano since 1951, for couples who want the terrace, the candlelit dinner and a balcony over the town. Check availability for the Superior Sea View. One of Positano's most famous addresses, family-run, art-filled and unmistakably of its town, right in the centre with the beach and the boats a walk below. It is priced as the icon it is.
It has an outdoor 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.