Courtesy of Hotel Santa Caterina
Courtesy of Hotel Santa Caterina
Hotel Santa Caterina
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The cliff carved into the rock to put a swimming pool in it. The Gambardella family opened it as a hotel in 1904 and has run it ever since. On the road just outside town.
The Gambardella family opened it as a hotel in 1904, and four generations later they're still on the property. The architecture (a private elevator carved straight through the rock face down to a beach club at sea level, a smooth cave-like shaft enclosed in the cliff itself) is the obvious-now move that took nerve. Rooms are antique-furnished, hand-tiled, with marble bathrooms and canopy beds. Glicine, the fine-dining room, holds 1 Michelin star under chef Giuseppe "Peppe" Stanzione; the rooftop Senzafine debuted spring 2025 and runs its first full season in 2026. The spa sits in the citrus garden.
- Best for — couples,families,wellness
- Neighborhood — Amalfi · 19th-century villa · Gambardella family since 1880
- Rooms — 78
- Price — €900–1,400/night
- Cliffside private beach
- Pool carved into rock
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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