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Positano
KnownViews & panoramas
The story
Three islets offshore where Homer placed the sirens, and where later Léonide Massine and Rudolf Nureyev chose their own refuge on the sea.
Access
PRIVATE, by sea only
More gems in Positano
Sacred artChiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
Positano (SA)
In the heart of Positano, the dome of yellow and green majolica rises above the roofs; inside, the Byzantine icon of the black Madonna watches over the village facing the sea.
- Sacred art
Madonna Nera
Positano
In the church of Santa Maria Assunta a Byzantine icon with a dark face keeps watch over the sea: legend says it was she who gave Positano its name.
- Nature & hiking
Montepertuso
Positano
Above Positano, a hole carved in the rock pierces the mountain and frames the sky: legend credits it to the Madonna, who defied the devil.
- Free beaches
Spiaggia di Fornillo
Positano
A path sheer above the sea leads away from the Spiaggia Grande to the pebble cove the people of Positano keep for themselves, in the shade of the torri saracene (Saracen watchtowers).
- Free beaches
Torre Trasita
Positano
The Saracen tower rising on the spur between the two beaches, a sentinel of stone now turned private home, closes every postcard of Positano.
More gems: Views & panoramas
- Views & panoramas
Murale di San Gennaro (Jorit)
Forcella
Fifteen metres high on a facade in Forcella, Jorit's San Gennaro has the face of a young worker marked by the two red stripes of the human tribe.
- Views & panoramas
Belvedere di San Martino
Vomero
From the forecourt of the Certosa the gaze drops sheer onto Naples: the rooftops of the old centre, the bay, Vesuvius and the islands far off — all in a single frame.
- Views & panoramas
Lungomare
via Partenope
A seafront walk from via Partenope: Vesuvius straight ahead, Castel dell'Ovo out on the water, and all of Naples strolling slowly through the evening between a gelato and the horizon.
Views & panoramasFontana del Gigante
via Partenope
A seventeenth-century fountain by Pietro Bernini and Naccherino, moved again and again before settling on the seafront: marble and tritons facing the water, in the shadow of Castel dell'Ovo.
- Views & panoramas
Gran Caffè Gambrinus
P.za Trieste e Trento
Mirrors, stucco and Belle Époque velvet: at the counter you order an espresso and, by old Neapolitan custom, you leave a second one paid for whoever comes next.
- Views & panoramas
Palazzo Mannajuolo (scala ellittica)
via Filangieri
The elliptical staircase climbs in a perfect spiral of steps and Liberty-style railings: lean over from the top and the eye falls into a vortex of stone.