Where to stay in the Amalfi Coast?

A hostel on piazzetta Trinità alla Cesarea, in Materdei, on the heights above old Naples. You walk down to the historic centre and sleep in the quiet of a little square.

A former convent on vico Tre Re a Toledo, right in the Quartieri Spagnoli. For those who want the Naples of narrow lanes and washing hung from windows, with via Toledo at the end of the street.

A design hotel on via Francesco Saverio Correra, in Rione Montesanto. You stay between the Pignasecca market and the historic centre, with the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii not far away.

A seafront hotel on via Partenope, in Pizzofalcone, with views of Vesuvius. The Lungomare beneath your windows, Castel dell'Ovo opposite, and the centre by taxi or on foot.

Opened in 1882 on via Partenope; Enrico Caruso died here in 1921, and the top-floor restaurant bears his name.

A palace hotel on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, in Chiaia, on the hill above the bay. For those who prefer height and quiet to the noise of the decumani.

The oldest hotel in Naples, opened in 1870, on the hill above Chiaia: you reach the centre by heading downhill.

Facing the sea on via Partenope, in Santa Lucia, you stay on the Lungomare, with Castel dell'Ovo beneath your windows. For those who prefer seafront strolls to the hustle of the lanes.

A hostel on the Amalfi road, in Arienzo, above Positano, 10 km from Amalfi. You sleep above the village, with the view as a bonus and the steps to walk back down, on a backpacker's budget.

A hotel on via Cristoforo Colombo, in the centre of Positano, 10 km from Amalfi. You are on the village's main street, with the steps down to the beach and the boats below.

A hotel on via Cristoforo Colombo, halfway up Positano, 10 km from Amalfi. For those who come for the cascading village and want to look at it from within, with the beach below.

A former villa of the Sersale family, a hotel since 1951: you walk down to the beach and climb back up on the return.

In Ravello, on via San Giovanni del Toro, you sleep in the hilltop village above Amalfi, away from the crowds on the coast. In the evening, the viewpoints and gardens of Ravello go quiet again.

The hotel occupies a 12th-century palazzo, long known as Palazzo Sasso.

At the end of via Cimbrone, in Ravello, you sleep in the very villa whose gardens overlook the Gulf of Salerno. For those looking for silence, once the day visitors have left.

At the far end of the gardens, the Terrace of Infinity and its marble busts look out over the whole coast.