Hotel de Russie
A classic Rome hotel between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, built around a terraced Secret Garden at the foot of the Pincio.
Rome and Positano: eight nights of piazzas and sea terraces
About this journey
Three nights in Rome between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, with a private guide for the Vatican and the Forum, then the fast train south and five nights on the cliff outside Positano with a lift down to the sea.
- 8 nights
- May, June, September and October
- Rome and Positano, Amalfi Coast
What is included
- Return economy flights from London Heathrow to Rome, returning from Naples
- First-class train seats from Rome to Naples
- Bed and breakfast at Hotel de Russie and Il San Pietro di Positano
- A private guide for the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, and for the Colosseum and Forum
- A private boat day along the Amalfi Coast
- Private transfers throughout
Not included
- Travel insurance
- City tourist taxes, paid locally
- Lunches and dinners
- Gratuities
Day by day
Open any day for the detail. Everything here can move: add a night, swap a hotel, change the order.
Arrive in Rome
A morning flight from Heathrow and a driver into the centre. Walk up to the Pincio terrace above Piazza del Popolo for the view over the domes, then an evening passeggiata down Via del Corso.
The Vatican and ancient Rome
Go early with a private guide to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, and spend the next morning in the Colosseum and the Forum. Afternoons are for Trastevere, the Pantheon and long lunches.
South to the coast
The fast train to Naples, then a driver round the Sorrento peninsula and down onto the coast road to the hotel, cut into the cliff just outside Positano.
Positano, Capri and the coast by boat
Spend one day on a private boat to Capri and the grottoes, another in Ravello for the gardens of Villa Cimbrone, and the rest swimming from the hotel cove. Walk the Path of the Gods from Bomerano on a cool morning.
Fly home
A driver takes you to Naples airport for the flight home to London Heathrow. Leave plenty of time, because the coast road is slow in summer.
Where you stay
The properties this route is planned around. We can suggest alternatives at a different price point.
Il San Pietro di Positano
A family-run hotel built down the cliff east of Positano, where every room has a sea-view terrace and a lift runs through the rock to a private cove.
Ways to make it yours
A morning at Pompeii
Stop at Pompeii with a private archaeologist guide on the drive from Naples to Positano.
A suite with a larger terrace
Move to a suite at Il San Pietro with a bigger terrace facing the sea.
Dates and seasons
Planned for May, June, September and October, when Italy is at its best. Outside those months it still works, with different trade-offs; ask us.
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