Elevated, serene, cultured and unhurried

Ravello

A garden town high above the sea where terrace dining feels like a recital and one family trattoria holds the line.

Ravello sits high above the coast where the noise falls away, a town of gardens, music and long views that has drawn composers and writers for generations. Dining here follows that contemplative register: Rossellinis and Il Flauto di Pan inside the cliff-edge villa hotels turn the terrace dinner into something closer to a recital, plates measured against the drop to the sea. For the counterpoint there is Cumpà Cosimo, a family trattoria that has been ladling out mixed pasta and braised meats for decades with no concession to fashion. Between courses you take an espresso at Caffè Calce or a glass at Babel, and the whole town feels pitched a register quieter than the shore below.

Highlights

Terrace fine dining with a sheer sea drop at Rossellinis Decades of unchanged family cooking at Cumpà Cosimo Refined villa-hotel cuisine at Il Flauto di Pan Wine, deli plates and art at Babel Espresso and pastries at the old-school Caffè Calce

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