Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa, Via Roma, Conca Dei Marini, Salerno, Italy

Restored to its former charm, the luxury hotel has just 20 rooms, with spectacular views of the Amalfi Coast. Architects retained many of the building's original features, and added state-of-the-art facilities: an infinity pool that sits right on the cliff edge, a glass lift up the outside of the hotel, and a luxury spa. On the terrace of the restaurant - which uses organic produce grown in the hotel's own garden - there's an outdoor fireplace for chillier evenings.
The property started life as a theological university before being turned into a Dominican monastery; it is rumoured that a certain cavalier politician bid to purchase the place, before it was restored and turned into a hotel.
Among the caves below Conca dei Marini, where the cliffs meet the sea, is the Grotta dello Smeralda, or the Emerald Grotto; during the day, the sunshine filters in through the underwater and floods the cave with brilliant green light.
When the sun sets behind the Amalfi Coast’s Lattari Mountains and day turns to evening along Conca dei Marini, gaze your eyes up from the Gulf of Salerno to find a glow, “a superb vision which hovers over the coast like the wing of an angel.” Perched on the cliff’s edge, Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa stands alone in majestic solitude, its rock base evoking the robe of a king. Originally a 17th-century monastery, Monastero Santa Rosa has been affectionately and respectfully restored into an exclusive boutique hotel and extraordinary luxury spa honoring its historic heritage. Ideally located between Positano and Amalfi, part of a coastline already boasting the most beautiful vistas in the world, Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa sets a new standard for breathtaking panoramas seducing patrons with its heavenly allure for generations to come.