Dear family & friends
Three days on the Amalfi Coast to celebrate our love
We are getting married on a cliff above the sea, and we would like nothing more than to have the people we love standing on it with us. Over three unhurried days we will swim, eat far too much, dance badly and watch the light go pink over the water. This little website gathers everything you need to join us: dates, directions, and the small details that make a big weekend feel easy.
We met in London, in the queue for a rooftop cinema that got rained off before it opened. Two hours, one shared umbrella and a bag of cold chips later, neither of us cared much about the film.
Four summers on we took the wrong bus out of Sorrento and ended up in Praiavella, a village neither of us could find on a map. We ate lemon cake on a wall above the water and stayed three days longer than we had planned.
That village is where we are getting married. We have been inventing excuses to go back ever since, and this is by far the best one.
to be continued in Praiavella…
Three days, three invitations. Here is how the weekend unfolds.
Friday
Sunset on the terrace
An easy first evening on the hotel terrace above the harbour. Long tables, cold wine, fried anchovies, and the first hugs of the weekend as the sun drops behind the headland.
Saturday
Ceremony · Dinner · Dancing
The main event. A short ceremony in the villa garden with the sea behind us, drinks under the pergola, one very long dinner, and dancing on the terrace until the boats go quiet.
Sunday
Coffee, cake, goodbyes
A slow last morning in the shade of the lemon trees. Eggs, sfogliatella, cold peaches, and one final espresso before everyone scatters down the coast road.
A little atlas for your weekend on the coast.
Naples International (NAP) is the nearest airport, about 50 km away. A Curreri coach runs from the arrivals hall straight to Sorrento in roughly 75 minutes; a private car to the villa takes about 1h 40m. Rome Fiumicino (FCO) also works: the Leonardo Express to Roma Termini, then a high-speed train down to Naples.
High-speed trains reach Napoli Centrale from Rome in 1h 10m, Florence in 2h 50m and Milan in 4h 30m. One level down at Napoli Garibaldi, the Circumvesuviana and the faster Campania Express run to Sorrento in about an hour. From Sorrento it is a 40-minute drive east along the SS163 coast road.
The best arrival, and the one we would choose. Hydrofoils leave Naples from Molo Beverello for Sorrento roughly hourly in July and take about 40 minutes. Through the summer, ferries also run Sorrento to Positano to Amalfi and call at Praiavella twice a day. We will be on the quay for the Friday afternoon boat.
We have held rooms at four places in the village. Hotel Le Sirenelle sits on the cliff above the harbour, Albergo La Limonaia is quieter and up in the lemon terraces, Locanda del Faro has six rooms right on the water, and Palazzo Marivento is the grand one, twenty minutes up the hill. Booking codes follow with your RSVP, and a shuttle loops between all four and the villa on all three days.
Come early or stay on. The coast rewards a slow week, and these are the days we would plan for you if we could.
A boat out of the harbour at nine: the Li Galli islets, the Emerald Grotto, and a long lunch at anchor off Capri. Ask us and we will put you on one.
The Sentiero degli Dei runs the ridge from Bomerano to Nocelle, about three hours with the best view in Italy underneath you. Start early, carry water, wear real shoes.
The terraces above the village are still farmed by hand. A morning walk through them ends with a tasting and a jar of marmalade to take home.
Forty minutes east. The gardens at Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone, a concert on the terrace if the season is kind, and the quietest lunch on the coast.
An hour by road, and worth the early alarm. Go at opening time, take a hat, and be back in the sea by four.
The beach below the village is a ten-minute walk down and a funicular ride back up. A sunbed, a lemon granita, and the whole afternoon is gone.
Please reply by 1 April 2027. It takes about two minutes, and it tells us how many places to set.
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RSVP by 1 April 2027