When my now-husband and I began planning our wedding ceremony, we agreed on three issues proper off the bat: We wished to get married in Italy, have a small visitor listing, and hold the celebrations going so long as potential. If our nearest and dearest had been touring midway the world over to see us get married, it solely made sense to spend a few additional days collectively in one of many most beautiful countries in the world. It was quickly determined—our wedding ceremony would happen over 4 days at a farmhouse in Tuscany, after which a few of us would proceed onto what we affectionately started to name our “friends-moon”.
A seaside vacation spot felt like the fitting option to wind down after a continuous wedding ceremony weekend, and the dramatic views and glowing water of the Amalfi Coast instantly rose to the highest of our listing. We wanted a villa that might match 9 of us comfortably, with frequent areas to hang around in collectively and that picture-perfect backdrop that’s synonymous with Positano. Villa Petite Syrene by Elite Villas checked all of these bins and extra (a lot so that initially, I didn’t consider it could possibly be actual).
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Villa Petite Syrene
Spoiler: It was very a lot actual. We arrived in Positano after a lengthy journey day and had been greeted by the home supervisor, Valerio, who marched us via the winding, crowded streets to our villa, which is tucked away off the primary avenue. Villa Petite Syrene is nestled fairly actually in the course of Le Sirenuse, with the lodge’s personal balconies seen from the villa’s spacious, yellow-and-blue tiled terrace beneath.
The view from the terrace instantly took our breath away (that, or the handfuls of stairs we simply climbed to succeed in it). To the fitting, the dome of Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta regarded shut sufficient to the touch; the cliffside behind it’s lined in colourful buildings that appeared to rise out of the ocean. To the left, the black sand seaside and bustling port speak in confidence to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which was simply starting to glisten because the solar sank behind the craggly shoreline.
We reluctantly adopted Valerio inside for a tour of the home, and the sight of the plush white couches beckoned me to take a seat down. I resisted, however made a psychological notice to sink in with a glass of wine there later. The kitchen was lined with cabinets of domestically crafted ceramics—we picked up the colourful espresso cups one after the other, giddy over the hand-painted sea creatures on each dish. Upstairs there have been 4 bedrooms, every with a personal toilet and one with a pull out sofa to suit as much as 10 friends. My husband and I claimed the room with the personal balcony (we’re the newlyweds, in any case), and our mates took over the opposite three rooms, two of which share one other adjoining terrace.
Shortly after settling in, we reconvened downstairs to move to dinner, a reservation we didn’t understand was a 15-minute ascent to the near-top of the cliff, however the meal at da Gabrisa was properly well worth the effort (and the best way again down was a lot simpler to navigate, even after sharing a number of bottles of wine). Luckily, we solely did that climb one different time—on our final night time, for an especially memorable personal dinner at Posides—in any other case, many bars, eating places, and retailers on the seaside stage had been effortlessly accessible from the villa.