Ristorante Don Alfonso 1890 reflects a philosophy that is innovative while respecting the local food culture and the old traditions of the Amalfi Coast. Head here for a celebratory dinner or family get-together. 

”Valley of Dreams” is how the name roughly translates, but there’s nothing rough about this beautiful restaurant, perched on rocks in secluded Recommone Bay outside Nerano. The Tizzani family transformed a former quarry into this paradise in the 1950s and still serve spaghetti with clams and platters of raw seafood, just as nonna did. Make a day of it by booking a sun lounger.

Stanley Tucci called spaghetti alla Nerano – pasta swirled with delicate strips of courgette and provola cheese – one of the best things he’s ever eaten. Now on menus up and down the coast, it was invented in this restaurant on Nerano’s main beach in 1952 by Donna Rosa, the nonna of the current owners – and it’s still made to her secret recipe.

Take in the beautiful ocean views at Maria Grazia in Nerano. You must order their famous spaghetti alla Nerano, it is where is was invented after all.