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Ravello
Suspended 1,150 feet above the Gulf of Salerno, Ravello offers sweeping views of the entire Amalfi coast.
topSights
The Gardens of Villa Cimbrone
Via S. Chiara 26, Ravello
+39 (089) 857 459
9am to sunset
Reservations:
info@villacimbrone.com
These gardens surrounding the Hotel Villa Cimbrone are famous for the spellbinding vista from the "Terrace of the Infinite."
Villa Rufolo
Piazza Duomo, Ravello
+39 (089) 857 866
9am-8pm daily; winter 9am-4pm
Closes earlier when concert rehearsals are taking place
The impossibly lush gardens of this villa were Richard Wagner's inspiration for the stage design of his opera Parsifal. The annual Ravello Festival now stages concerts here.
topRestaurants
Caruso Belvedere
Piazza San Giovanni Del Toro 2, Ravello
+39 (089) 858 801
In the Hotel Caruso Ravello.
Rossellinis
Via San Giovanni del Toro 28, Ravello
+39 (089) 818 181
In Palazzo Avino Hotel (formerly known as Palazzo Sasso)
Villa Maria
Via Santa Chiara 2, Ravello
+39 (089) 857 255
topEvents
Ravello Festival
Box Office: Piazza Duomo
+39 (089) 858 422
boxoffice@ravellofestival.com
The Ravello Festival is an annual summer celebration of music and the arts. Although the original emphasis was on the music of Wagner, who found some of his greatest inspiration here, the event has since grown into nearly two months of orchestral concerts, chamber music, jazz, dance, art and film. Many of the concerts are held outdoors in spectacular locations, like the Belvedere di Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone.