Hotel Le Sirenuse

Le Sirenuse is a wonderful place from which to enjoy the simple pleasures of Positano and the spectacular Amalfi Coast. John Steinbeck, who visited in 1953, wrote ‘Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.’

The history of Positano is a story of survival against the odds, vital maritime energy, and a natural instinct for hospitality. But it is also a wandering line. The vivid murals of the Roman villa that recently came to light under the mother church of Santa Maria Assunta, the beautiful, mysterious Byzantine Madonna on the high altar of the church itself, the handsome 18th-century merchants’ houses of the Liparlati district, the northern and eastern European artists and writers who created a small but vibrant cultural community here in the early twentieth century – these dazzling pinnacles emerge from the past with no clear path between them, because so little was written down.

Today Le Sirenuse is directed by Antonio Sersale, Franco’s son, who has been at the helm of the iconic Amalfi Coast hotel since 1992. Antonio’s wife Carla looks after Emporio Sirenuse, the resortwear and lifestyle brand sold via the two Emporio Sirenuse boutiques in Positano, her emporiosirenuse.com website and in leading stores worldwide.

The couple’s two children, Aldo and Francesco, joined the family business in 2021, the hotel’s 70th anniversary year. Paolo Sersale’s two daughters are also closely involved with Le Sirenuse: Giulia is responsible for the plants and flowers that embellish the terraces and restaurants, while Marina and her husband Sebastian develop and manage the Eau D’Italie fragrance and skincare range, launched in 2004.

Eating and drinking well in congenial company is so important in southern Italy it approaches the sacred. At Le Sirenuse, we have built four temples to this dolce vita belief system. All you need to do, as jasmine perfumes the lunchtime air or dusk throws shapes and shades over the rippling Mediterranean, is choose your mood. We’ll take care of the rest.

Who says you can’t eat, drink, meet amici, fall in love and stay healthy all at the same time? Spa treatments that focus on you, fresh, delicious seasonal Mediterranean cuisine, the challenging mountain workouts of our twice-yearly fitness retreat, and a pool that is also a work of art – in Positano, wellness is a way of life, one that is all about feeling good in body and soul.

Franco Sersale, who for decades curated Le Sirenuse with a discerning eye, enriched the hotel with antiques, prints, and artworks sourced from around the world, carefully placing each piece to harmonize with the villa’s historic architecture and southern Italian traditions.

His commitment to beauty extended beyond collecting: he collaborated closely with artisans to design everything from floor tiles and terracotta pots to rattan chairs and marble finishes, ensuring even the smallest details embodied craftsmanship and character.

This aesthetic vision has since been carried forward by his son Antonio and daughter-in-law Carla through the Artists at Le Sirenuse programme, launched in 2015 with British curator Silka Rittson-Thomas. Contemporary works by artists such as Martin Creed, Stanley Whitney, Caragh Thuring, and Nicolas Party now find their place alongside centuries-old décor, creating a vibrant dialogue between past and present that continues to define the hotel’s unique identity.