Ravello !

                                  .....on our balcony looking out over the Mediterranean.....

                                 the view from the lemon grove, the steps leading down to our villa

 
at the corner of Via San Cosma is the family run hotel of Gaetano Amato, our villa host for the week

Villa Cimbrone is a historic building in Ravello, dating from at least the 11th century AD, although little of the original structure is now visible.  The gardens were redeveloped at the same time. The villa is now a hotel, and the gardens are open to the public.Villa Cimbrone stands on a rocky outcrop known as "Cimbronium", and it is from this landscape feature that the villa takes its name.