Praiano

Praiano: the city on the Amalfi Coast where you can experience the most romantic sunset.
Praiano is the town on the Amalfi Coast where you can enjoy the famous "sunset over the sea," indeed Cala della Gavitella is a beach whose peculiarity consists of having an excellent view of Positano, Capri and the Li Galli archipelago, and being kissed by the sun until sunset.

Despite the small size of the seaside village, in order to properly choose where to stay in Praiano, it is important to consider several factors, including your budget, the means of transportation by which you reach the town, and the type of vacation you want to take.

Therefore, here are the best areas to stay in Praiano:

• In the surrounding area of Praiano: staying outside the center of Praiano is certainly very convenient for those arriving in Praiano by cab, in fact this will allow you to avoid the stairways and winding streets but to stay right alongside one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline ever, the one that runs from Praiano all the way to Positano.
  

• Historical center: an area not very comfortable to reach, in fact it can only be reached after walking down several stairways and narrow streets, but the ideal place for those who want to savor the true atmosphere of the town.

If you are looking for truly exclusive accommodations, what you need is Casa Angelina, a modern boutique hotel offering sublime views of Positano and Capri, or the Grand Hotel Tritone, a 5-star hotel perched on the cliff, which offers private access down at the property's Beach Club.

Characterized by high, jagged coastlines overlooking the sea, Praiano is definitely one of the most beautiful towns on the Amalfi Coast, an ideal destination for those who want to spend a relaxing vacation in a town surrounded by an extraordinary natural landscape.

Predominantly first developed in the past along the coast, over the centuries the town underwent changes that led it to have two centers: the hamlet of Vettica Maggiore in the lower part, and the hamlet of Praiano, where the real center of Praiano currently resides.

In the very heart of the Amalfi Coast, not far from the famous and renowned Positano, the town of Praiano is characterized by small streets, stairways and houses in pastel colors; still far from mass tourism, it still preserves the ancient votive shrines decorated in majolica and found almost everywhere along this seaside village.
Due to its special location and beauty, Praiano was the summer residence of the Doges of Amalfi when it was part of the Maritime Republic of Amalfi.

For most of the year, the climate in Praiano is characterized by a pleasant and refreshing sea breeze, which makes it possible to visit Praiano for a period from March until October, despite this, given the huge tourist influx that floods the narrow streets of the town, it can be difficult to stay in July and August because it is really very hot.

Among the main things to see in Praiano are first of all the typical narrow and winding streets, or rather "stairways," that connect the upper part of the town to the beach, the Church of San Gennaro, dating back to 1589, characterized by a beautiful oval dome and tiled with multicolored tiles, and not far from Praiano we find the very famous Fjord of Furore, an ideal place for the World Championship of Diving from great heights.

Praiano's main beaches are Marina di Praia, composed mainly of pebbles, Praia beach, reachable only by sea, and Cala della Gavitella. From Marina di Praia beach, one can access one of the most fashionable clubs on the entire Amalfi Coast: the club l'Africana.