The Best Hotels in Positano

The hotel was deliberately built to disappear into the Amalfi cliffside, and it very nearly does. Ceramic tiles from Vietri sul Mare, terrace gardens growing produce for the kitchen, and every room angled toward Positano below, the whole place reads as a love letter to exactly where it sits. A Forbes Four Star and Michelin three-key property, it has been run by the same family since it opened, and that continuity shows in how obsessively it's kept.

That cherry-red façade on the cliffs above Positano is the postcard before you even check in. Le Sirenuse is a boutique luxury hotel, still run by the family that built it as a summer home, which explains why 58 rooms feel less like inventory than a houseguest situation with better towels. The views over the Tyrrhenian are the kind that make you miss your flight on purpose. It holds a Forbes Five Star and a spot on the World's 50 Best Hotels list.

Perched near the top of Positano's steep hillside, this boutique hotel started life as a private residence, and the rooms still feel more like a borrowed house than a lobby operation. Thirty-eight rooms, a rooftop pool with the kind of views that make you cancel your afternoon plans, a small spa, and a complimentary shuttle to the beach for anyone unwilling to negotiate the steps twice in an afternoon.