The hillside above Positano, buildings set into the cliff facing the sea

The Hotel

A villa on the cliff, kept in the family

A traditional Positano building surrounded by lush plants

From private villa to eleven rooms

Casa Limone began as a private villa in 1962, built by a Neapolitan family who planted the first terraces of lemon trees on the slope below. Three generations later, in 2004, the family opened eleven rooms to guests, keeping the grove and the name.

Houses climbing the mountainside directly above the coast

Built into the drop

Positano sits where the Lattari Mountains fall straight into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The hotel is built into that drop, a nine-minute walk down from the town center, and a longer one on the way back up. Every room is reached by stairs cut into the rock.

A lemon tree in a garden with outdoor seating beneath it

“We never had a plan to grow. We had a grove, and we built a hotel small enough to fit around it.”

Rosa Fiorillo, proprietor

Quiet Collection

Boutique Hotels of Italy, 2025

Editor's Choice

Amalfi Journal, 2025

Coastal Heritage Award

Positano Preservation Society, 2024

Reader's Pick

Mediterranean Living, 2025

Family Run Since 1962

Three generations

Small Hotels, Well Kept

Amalfi Coast Circle, 2024

Quiet Collection

Boutique Hotels of Italy, 2025

Editor's Choice

Amalfi Journal, 2025

Coastal Heritage Award

Positano Preservation Society, 2024

Reader's Pick

Mediterranean Living, 2025

Family Run Since 1962

Three generations

Small Hotels, Well Kept

Amalfi Coast Circle, 2024

Quiet Collection

Boutique Hotels of Italy, 2025

Editor's Choice

Amalfi Journal, 2025

Coastal Heritage Award

Positano Preservation Society, 2024

Reader's Pick

Mediterranean Living, 2025

Family Run Since 1962

Three generations

Small Hotels, Well Kept

Amalfi Coast Circle, 2024