Costa D’Amalfi is the name of a forty kilometre long coastal landscape in southern Italy... that is framed by the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Lattari Mountains.

Sorrento is capital of a vast bay, with the mansions and grand hotels of the last century that extend on a cliff above the sea, a very popular location at the southern end of the Gulf of Naples. The city’s secrets lie hidden in numerous cloisters, gardens and courtyards and also within the footsteps of European history.

Between Sorrento and Vietri Sul Mare the coastal road winds its way along mountain slopes, a dream route of both sea and sky. The small village of Praiano exudes much of the atmosphere of bygone times, its buildings having been built on the craggy cliffs of Capo Sottile.

High above the coast is Ravello that in the ninth century belonged to the League of Cities of the Amalfi Republic and served as a defence against the Normans. It boasted twelve churches plus various convents and palaces in mediaeval, Moorish architecture that highlighted a glorious era of luxury and wealth.

Thankfully, for several generations the Costa D’amalfi has further developed into a magnificent landscape with English garden architecture, Greco-Roman elements and Arabian-Mediterranean flair.