For many Italian holidaymakers, Hotel Santavenere is synonymous with Maratea. The property, the only five-star on the coastline, opened in 1953, and has had a major influence on the kind of ...

This Under-the-radar Southern Italian Town Resembles the Amalfi Coast Without the Crowds Maratea is designated one of Italy’s most beautiful villages—a Rome-based writer journeys there and ...

I've visited Italy's Amalfi Coast three times. It's beautiful, but I don't like the crowds or the prices. I prefer other Italian destinations such as Cefalù, a small city in Sicily with great ...

Along Italy's Amalfi Coast, the mountains don't just meet the Tyrrhenian Sea, they jut right out of it. Everything here is vertical: the cliffs, towns and trails.