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La Rosa dei Venti
The Hotel La Rosa dei Venti is one of the Secret Hotels of the Amalfi Coast, a budget retreat on the quiet side of Positano
La Rosa dei Venti
Via Fornillo 40
Positano
tel. +39-089-875-252
www.larosadeiventi.net
Doubles
€130–€150
Book online from €120
Positano is too famous for its own good, having long ago abandoned the fishing village ambience for a role as a chic resort town for the international jet set, full of bronzed bodies, five-star hotels, and overpriced seafood restaurants on the beach. Few people realize that the old Positano still exists, just around the headland.
A narrow path carved into the cliff above the waves leads after a five-minute stroll to the secluded beach at Fornillo, a quiet neighborhood stacked up a steep cleft valley. Halfway up its sole, stair-stepped street lies La Rosa dei Venti, a six-room B&B that, rather than closing in winter like many area inns, just drops its prices by €20 October to March.
All six rooms have that indispensable Amalfi Coast amenity: small terraces with fantastic views—in this case over Fornillo beach to a medieval tower built as a lookout against Saracen pirates. "Tramontana" is the most elegant room—gold brocade bedspread, antique writing desk, a (nonworking) brick fireplace, patterned floor tiles, pull-out sofa—but most other rooms share at least some of those elements (though not Tramontana's magnificent floor-to-ceiling drapes). The two rooms with kitchenettes—including "Scirocco," which sleeps four—cost just €20 more than a regular double.
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This material was last updated in May 2008, based on an article published in August 2006 in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. All information was accurate at the time.
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