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The Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel has been built into this cliffside since 1223. It began as a Capuchin convent, spent several centuries drawing pilgrims, poets and Grand Tourists to its harbour views, and in 2023 completed a full renovation that brought it firmly into the present without disturbing what eight centuries had already built.
The original cloisters, frescoes, Baroque church and façade remain entirely intact, preserved using the original materials and colours. Within the grounds, white cave dwellings dating back to the tenth and eleventh centuries were recently discovered, adding another layer to a site that seems to produce history at every turn. At 262 feet above the sea with Amalfi town a five-minute walk away, it wears its eight centuries with considerable ease.
What makes it worth booking today is what that history has produced around it. A fine dining kitchen rooted in the traditions of the Campanian coast. A spa drawing its treatments from the hotel’s own lemon groves. An infinity pool above the harbour with views across the Gulf of Salerno. And a building that, however many times you have visited this coast, you will not have stayed in anything quite like.
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- Thirteenth-century Capuchin convent built into the cliffside, 262 feet above the sea
- Five-minute walk to Amalfi town and the Piazza del Duomo, with the harbour 350 metres away
- Original cloisters, frescoes dating to 1223 and a preserved Baroque church on site
- Heated infinity pool available throughout the season
Accommodation
Rooms
Each room carries the bones of the original convent, lime-washed walls, vaulted ceilings and hand-crafted terracotta floors, brought up to date with marble bathrooms, high-tech comforts and outlooks over the sea. No two are identical in layout, and several have their own balcony or terrace. The sense of monastic simplicity, refurbished rather than replaced, gives the rooms a character that no purpose-built hotel on this coast can match.
Suites
The suites each have their own distinct identity, with options ranging from private terraces with jacuzzis to cloister views and a standalone suite set within the hotel’s own lemon grove. Two stand apart.
The Suite Del Priore, named for its setting in the convent’s priory, has original frescoes above the four-poster bed and looks directly over the cloisters. It is the most historically significant room in the building and the one that connects a guest most directly to the hotel’s monastic past.
The Suite Dell’Eremita, the hermit’s suite, sits in its own tranquil lemon grove with a private terrace and jacuzzi. For anyone wanting complete seclusion, this is the suite that delivers it.
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Food & Drink
Dei Cappuccini
The main fine dining restaurant, built around what Executive Chef Claudio Lanuto calls a future-heritage concept. Traditional Campanian recipes are reinterpreted with a contemporary hand, drawing directly from the hotel’s history as a monastery where monks tended the land and lived off its produce.
La Locanda della Canonica
The more relaxed of the two, serving grilled fish, salads, traditional pasta and gourmet pizzas against the backdrop of the Amalfi Coast. The pizzas are made by renowned pizzaiolo Gino Sorbillo using regional Campanian ingredients, anchovies from Cetara and ancient grain dough among them.
Dei Cappuccini Bar
The cocktail list takes its lead from the convent garden and the digestive liqueurs once mixed by the friars who tended it for centuries. The signature drink is the Amaro dei Cappuccini, an exclusive house amaro crafted from wild fennel, myrtle, juniper, olive tree and basil picked fresh from the garden.
Spa & Wellness
The Anantara Spa occupies 125 square metres of travertine-clad calm, with a hammam, two couples rooms with private saunas and steam rooms, and dedicated relaxation areas overlooking the sea.
Treatments are delivered using Elemis products alongside lemon essence and citrus oils drawn from the hotel’s own lemon groves, giving every session a connection to the landscape outside the window.
Personal training and breathwork sessions are available on request, and weekly yoga in the cloisters.
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Luxury Travel Expert"Italy is one of the best places in Europe to experience culture, food and beautiful scenery. With so much character and colour, the Amalfi Coast is a personal favourite of mine."
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