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Positano Art Hotel Pasitea
Positano, Italy · Independent · Near Luxury
Via Pasitea climbs Positano's cliff in long switchbacks, and this small four-star house sits at number 207, named like the street for Pasithea, the Greek goddess of rest. Every room faces the bay with a balcony or terrace of its own, and the larger ones put a whirlpool tub where the view is. Straight out from the railing lie Li Galli, the three islets Homer's sirens were said to work from, later owned by the dancers Leonide Massine and Rudolf Nureyev.
- 29 rooms
- Neighborhood: Positano centro
- Rooms from 172 sq ft (16 m²)
About Positano Art Hotel Pasitea
- Massine bought Li Galli in 1922 and built a dance studio and an open-air theatre out there, with design advice from Le Corbusier. Nureyev, who bought the islands in 1988, clad the villa in Moorish tiles from Seville.
- Entry-level rooms start at 172 sq ft (16 m²).
History
Positano Art Hotel Pasitea is a four-star house at Via Pasitea 207, on the road that switchbacks down the cliff into Positano. It is built in the local idiom, with arches, shaded porticoes and a stack of terraces facing the sea, and it takes its name from Pasithea, the Greek goddess of rest and one of the Graces, whom the house keeps as its patron.
Rooms come in three sizes and all of them look out over the bay with a private balcony or terrace: Deluxe sea view at 16 square metres, Executive at 22 with a sitting area, and Executive and Junior Suite categories at 26 square metres with a hydromassage tub placed for the view. Floors are hand-painted majolica in the Amalfi pattern. There is a cocktail bar serving Neapolitan snacks through the day, a wine cellar of regional and Italian bottles, and a buffet breakfast of local sweet and savoury pastries. The house is pet friendly.
The setting
Via Pasitea is Positano's spine, the single road that loops down the cliff from the Sorrento side to the beach at Spiaggia Grande, and almost everything in the town hangs off it. From the terraces here the view runs out over the bay to Li Galli, the three islets known since antiquity as Le Sirenuse, the islands Strabo already associated with the Sirens in the first century BC and which tradition places on the route Odysseus sailed tied to his mast. They are privately owned. The Russian choreographer Leonide Massine bought Gallo Lungo in 1922, converted the Aragonese watchtower into a house with a dance studio and an open-air theatre, and built a villa with design advice from his friend Le Corbusier. Rudolf Nureyev bought the islands in 1988 and spent the last years of his life there, lining the paths with Anatolian kilims and tiling the villa in Moorish patterns. Behind the town, the Sentiero degli Dei footpath runs the ridge toward Agerola, and Amalfi is about forty-five minutes east by road.
Restaurants and bars
- Bistrot & Lounge Bar — Bar · Partenopean flavours and cocktails
Experiences
- Sentiero degli Dei (Path of the Gods) — Ancient trail visited from Positano.
- Pompeii day trip — Historical site easily reached in a day.
- Excursions, boat trips, climbing, cooking classes and tastings — Activities the Amalfi Coast offers, with the concierge advising guests.
Amenities
- Private bathroom with hairdryer and straighteners
- Neroli oil spa amenities
- Vanity mirror
- 45-inch Smart TV
- Minibar
- Tea & coffee maker
- Safe
- Free Wi-Fi
- Air conditioning and heating
- 30-centimetre Myform Dorelan mattresses
- Languages spoken: Italian, English, Spanish and French
- Relaxation area with sofas
- Cocktail bar
- Courtesy line of Made in Italy bathroom and personal care products
- Concierge
- Rich breakfast of typical sweet and savoury products
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