#15 in Top 20 Amalfi Coast for An Anniversary · ★★★★★
Hotel Villa Cimbrone
Ravello's most-photographed Terrace of Infinity, Hollywood-anniversary HQ.
Ravello's most-photographed Terrace of Infinity, Hollywood-anniversary HQ.
"The historic Vuilleumier-family Ravello villa, the Terrace of Infinity, the working iconic Ravello view."
Why this rank, Hotel Villa Cimbrone occupies the 11th-century Villa Cimbrone on the Ravello clifftop, opened as a hotel in 1960 by the Vuilleumier family (the same family that operates Palazzo Avino). The Terrace of Infinity (the property's marble-busted terrace at the cliff edge, 365 metres above the Amalfi Coast) is one of the most-photographed Italian terraces and Gore Vidal's working description of it as the most beautiful view in the world remains the property's working register. 19 rooms and suites only across the property; the Master Suite with private terrace, the Tower Suite, and the Belvedere Suite are the property's signature accommodations. Il Flauto di Pan restaurant holds one Michelin star (the formal dinner anchor). The historic gardens (open to the public during daytime hours, private to hotel guests at sunset) combined with the small 19-room scale produce a different Ravello register from the larger Belmond Caruso or Palazzo Avino. Best for the Ravello stay at the working historic-villa boutique.
Best room: Master Suite, private terrace, sea view
"Ravello's most-photographed Terrace of Infinity, Hollywood-anniversary HQ."
Hotel Villa Cimbrone occupies the 11th-century Cimbrone estate on the Ravello plateau, the property holds the Terrace of Infinity, the most-photographed terrace on the Amalfi Coast and one of the most-recognised hotel-terraces in Europe (Greta Garbo and Leopold Stokowski's 1938 affair was conducted here, and the terrace's seven marble busts are one of the most-Instagrammed hotel features in Italy). Nineteen rooms only, the second-smallest count on this list, after Villa TreVille, operated as a Relais & Châteaux hotel since the 1990s. The asset is the Terrace of Infinity and the working garden, the 11th-century Cimbrone gardens (the most-celebrated formal gardens on the coast, designed by Vincenzo Caprile in the 1900s) are open only to hotel guests outside of the day-tourist hours (9am-7pm), and the working anniversary morning is the empty-garden walk at 7am-9am or the empty-garden evening at 7pm-9pm. Il Flauto di Pan (the Michelin-starred restaurant) is the working anniversary-dinner space. Hotel Villa Cimbrone is the right pick for the anniversary couple where the Terrace of Infinity and the Cimbrone-gardens are the explicit working assets, the trip's photograph is the seven-marble-busts terrace at sunset, and the working morning is the empty-garden walk.
Cimbrone Suite (the multi-room flagship) or Heritage Junior Suite for the working couple-of-friends option.
Walk the Terrace of Infinity at 7am-8am or 7pm-8pm, the day-tourist hours (9am-7pm) compromise the working photograph. Book Il Flauto di Pan for the anniversary dinner. The working bath programme uses the Cimbrone-garden lavender oil.
Hotel Villa Cimbrone sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels on the Amalfi Coast for an Anniversary list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on an anniversary-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Amalfi Coast neighbourhood, see Ravello and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
Editorial · #8 on the Top 20 Hotels on the Amalfi Coast 2026 list
Hotel Villa Cimbrone's case for the Amalfi Coast stay is the Terrace of Infinity. The marble-busted terrace at the cliff edge, 365 metres above the Amalfi Coast, is one of the most-photographed Italian terraces; Gore Vidal's working description of it as the most beautiful view in the world remains the property's working register.
The 19 rooms and suites only across the 11th-century Villa Cimbrone include the Master Suite with private terrace, the Tower Suite, and the Belvedere Suite.
Il Flauto di Pan restaurant holds one Michelin star (the formal dinner anchor on the cliffside terrace). The historic gardens (open to the public during daytime hours, private to hotel guests at sunset) combined with the small 19-room scale produce a different Ravello register from the larger Belmond Caruso or Palazzo Avino. The Vuilleumier family operates Hotel Villa Cimbrone alongside Palazzo Avino in the working Ravello-luxury cluster (the same family runs both properties). The 19-room scale combined with the historic-villa architectural register produces the most-intimate Ravello stay. Best for the Ravello stay at the working historic-villa boutique.