Set designer and interior decorator Marco De Luca reclaimed his grandparents’ 1950s clifftop home in 2006 and transformed it into this vivid 12-room maison d’art, set above Sorrento’s old fishing port. Every room is hung with objects collected on his travels, giving it the feel of a private home rather than a hotel. Don’t leave without browsing the Bazar Minervetta shop – a tightly curated edit of homewares and pieces chosen by Marco himself.

Down in Sorrento’s ancient fishing quarter, Marina Grande, this laid-back beach club and restaurant sits on a platform jutting straight over the water. Sunloungers run at around €20 each, with Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples as the backdrop. Order the Caprese for lunch and then stay until sunset, when the restaurant clicks into gear with bowls of sautéed clams.

This pretty spot was founded in 1868 by Antonino Ercolano who learnt to cook in the archbishop’s palace kitchen and so earnt the nickname o’parrucchiano, or parish priest in Neapolitan dialect. Sorrento’s oldest restaurant was the first in Campania to open inside a lemon grove, and the setting remains magical: tables tucked into green alcoves beneath a canopy of fruit-laden branches, thousands of tiny lights overhead.

The Fiorentino family has owned this clifftop grande dame since 1834 – and despite countless offers to sell, they’ve maintained every detail meticulously. There are hand-painted frescoed ceilings and suites named after the royals and artists who slept in them (the Caruso Suite is among the most coveted). The main terrace, lined with marble busts overlooking Vesuvius, is where white-jacketed staff wheel the Negroni trolley.