Grand Hotel La Favorita

Tucked into the tufa cliffs above Sorrento's Marina Piccola, Grand Hotel La Favorita on Via Tasso 61 steps its terraces down toward the Bay of Naples, with Vesuvius framing the horizon from most guest-facing rooms.

The clifftop position separates the hotel from the main corso noise while keeping the historic centre under five minutes on foot. Ferries to Capri and Positano depart from the marina below, reachable by the town's characteristic lift cut into the rock face.

Sorrento's lemon groves thin out quickly west of here, making this stretch of Via Tasso one of the quieter approaches to the old Greek grid of streets. The 9.5 rating across 756 reviews places it among the top-rated addresses on the peninsula.