Slow mornings, saltwater afternoons
Out on the water
A wooden boat, a quiet cove and the whole day ahead
Sea days
Our boat leaves the jetty at nine, with Salvatore at the helm and a cool box of lemons, bread and something cold.
Mornings are for coves no road can reach, and the Emerald Grotto before the tour boats arrive. Then the pace slows: lunch at a fisherman’s table in Nerano, a nap on deck, one last swim off Li Galli. You’re back by six, salt in your hair, with time to shower before the aperitivo.
The table
Old recipes, our own lemons and plenty of time
Every Thursday, Nonna Rosa opens the garden kitchen to guests, as she has for thirty years.
You’ll roll scialatielli by hand, stuff zucchini flowers picked that morning and learn why a proper limoncello takes forty days. Nobody measures anything. Lunch is whatever you made, eaten under the pergola with a glass of Falanghina.
If you’d rather watch than cook, our chef leads a morning at the Amalfi market, followed by a tasting of mozzarella, Cetara anchovies and the coast’s sharp, floral lemons.
Classes are kept to eight guests, and children are always welcome at the table. Everything is simple, seasonal and made the way it has been made here for generations.
On foot
Old mule paths and lemon terraces, walked at the coast’s own pace
The coast was walked long before it was driven. Above the hotel, stone steps climb through the terraces to Pogerola, and the Path of the Gods runs high above Positano with the whole bay below.
Our guide Gianni has walked these paths since he was a boy. He sets the pace, carries the water and knows which farmhouse sells the best cheese on the way. Start early, finish with a swim, and let a boat bring you home.
Arranged by our concierge
Choose your days.
Every experience can be booked with your stay or at reception. Private versions are available for families and groups.
Sea
Boat to the grottoes
€180
Our wooden gozzo leaves the hotel jetty at nine. Swim in the Emerald Grotto, then lunch on board in a cove you can only reach by sea.
4 hours
Table
Pasta with Nonna Rosa
€95
Rosa has cooked in our kitchen for thirty years. Learn her scialatielli and lemon ravioli, then eat what you made in the garden.
3 hours
Land
Path of the Gods walk
€70
A guided walk along the old mule track high above the coast, ending with a lemon granita in Nocelle and a taxi boat home.
5 hours
Land
Positano before the crowds
€60
An early start with our concierge: espresso by the beach, the ceramic workshops as they open, and back before the day-trippers arrive.
3 hours
Wellness
The Salt Grotto ritual
€180
A sea-salt scrub, a long soak in our grotto pool and a warm-stone massage. Booked for two, in the quiet hour before dinner.
90 minutes
Sea
Sunset aperitivo cruise
€120
Spritz, local cheese and the coastline turning gold. We drop anchor off Praiano for the last swim of the day.
2 hours
Something else in mind?
Ask Lucia. She’ll find a way.
A proposal at sea, a table in Ravello, a helicopter to Capri - tell us, and we’ll arrange it.