Casa Angelina
Amalfi Coast, Italy[view map]
Local restaurants
A two-minute wander from Casa Angelina, La Strada is a very friendly little restaurant, offering fresh fish, good steaks and excellent Italian wines. At night, you can dine on the balcony and see the lights of Positano twinkling across the bay. Nestling in a quiet cove, a short boat ride from the hotel, Armandino, (+39 089 874087) is a family-run trattoria on the seashore with a very local flavour: recipes have been handed down the generations and local musicians frequently come to sweeten the air.
Worth getting out of bed for
Rent a boat from Noleggio Barche Lucibello (+39 089 875032) and take a jaunt to Capri for the day. En route, stop off at some of the natural cave formations, particularly, La Grotta Bianca, where you can see a reflection of the Virgin Mary in the water from the cave above.
For more landlubberly travel, hire a Vespa and tour the coast in true Italian style. The nearby village of Nerano is famous for its spaghetti con zuchini, so stop there for lunch before heading up to Ravello, the hilltop town famous for its amazing viewpoints. Once you've soaked up the panorama, head back down the hill to la Villa Cimbrone (+39 089 857459), to sup a limoncello in its gorgeous gardens that cascade down the mountainside.