La Barbera Praiano

La Barbera b&b is situated in the heart of the beautiful Amalfi Coast: a romantic and elegant bed and breakfast on the sea of Praiano, surrounded by a fabulous panorama, perfect for your Amalfi Coast vacations.

Praiano (Italy) is a magnificent little town in the center of the Amalfi Coast, which slopes towards the sea with its white and shimmering houses and the domed roofs, among the vivid color notes of the lemon and citrus groves, bougainvilleas, and multicolored plants.

Located a short distance from the amazing hike on the Path of the gods, and the idyllic beaches of Gavitella and Praia, the bed and breakfast La Barbera in Praiano is perfect for organizing beautiful excursions along the Amalfi Coast:

• The wonders of Positano
• Emerald Grotto in Conca dei Marini
• Fjord of Furore
• Historic towns of Amalfi and Atrani
• Medieval Scala and Ravello
• Roman villa in Minori
• Factory of hand-painted pottery in Vietri sul Mare

You can also reach the marvelous archaeological sites of:

• Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvius
• Paestum
• Islands of Capri and Ischia
• Sorrento and Naples.

La Barbera bed and breakfast in Praiano offers private parking, a lift to reach the two levels of the structure, reception, breakfast room and outdoor panoramic terrace for delicious breakfast on the sea.

Our elegant rooms, surrounded by the immensity of the natural light of the sky and the splendor of the sea, combine all modern comforts with luxury design elements, traditional craftsmanship, and fine furnishings

GROTTA DEL DIAVOLO SUITE
The Grotta del Diavolo owes its name to the characteristic cave crossed by the Amalfi Coast road. It is worth a stop before the entrance to the gallery to admire the traditional nativity scene set up by the skilled hands of a local craftsman who, for several years.

TORRE A MARE SUITE
The tower Torre a Mare, with its spectacular cylindrical shape, is one of the most beautiful towers of the Amalfi Coast and of Praiano. Probably dating back to the second half of the 1500s, it was one of the viceregal towers along the coast.

La Barbera b&b on the Amalfi Coast offers you a relaxing and romantic stay in its bright rooms on the sea, furnished with taste and luxury details, equipped with all comforts and services.

Handcrafted majolica from Vietri sul Mare, the unique design of the furniture, the elegant accessories, and the color notes that reflect the enchantment of the sea on which our rooms overlook, are all carefully chosen elements to recreate a dreamlike atmosphere.

Each room has independent access and is equipped with:

• Private bathroom with hydromassage shower
• Wonderful sea-view terrace, equipped with table, sun loungers and chairs.

Our suites, double or triple, also offer you:

• Private terrace with sunbathing area equipped with sunbeds, tables, and chairs, outdoor shower, and/or mini Jacuzzi pool
• On request, breakfast will be served in your room.

The rooms are furnished with:

• Soundproof walls and doors
• Air-conditioning, independent heating in summer and winter
• USB, free Wi-Fi, internal telephone
• Minibar, LCD TV, safe
• Desk with chair, wardrobe, bedside tables, queen size mattress, small armchair
• Natural wood and exclusive elements of local craftsmanship.

Praiano’s poetry is also in the charming names chosen for the rooms. These are some of the magical places that you can visit during your stay at our bed and breakfast in Praiano:

• La Gavitella beach
• The ancient tower Torre a Mare
• The Grotto of the devil
• The Torre del Grado
• La Fontana del Altare.

The enchanting view of Praiano from the Bed and Breakfast La Barbera is full of breathtaking opens up to reveal the fascinating Amalfi Coast, its marvelous sea, the sinuous profiles of the mountains as far as Punta Campanella, Capri with the Faraglioni, Positano, and the archipelago of Li Galli, the islands from which the sirens enchanted Ulysses: emotions for you from dawn to dusk.

An extraordinary natural spectacle will welcome your awakening with the soft blue of the sky and the nuances that it assumes in an infinity of notes all hours of the day, the calm of the local daily life, and the golden of the sun that at sunset paints the sea.

THE BREAKFAST
The taste of the tradition of Praiano is daily served at bed and breakfast La Barbera: a rich and wide choice for breakfast of fresh and genuine products, the unforgettable excursions and services of b&b La Barbera, will make unique and magical your stay on the Amalfi Coast.

The delicious breakfasts at La Barbera b&b offer the products of the ancient local traditions:

• Tasty breakfast buffet is rich in zero mile products, organic, for vegans and celiacs
• PDOs and PGIs products
• Handmade cakes prepared following ancient family recipes.

THE SERVICES
The reception of bed and breakfast La Barbera welcomes you with the lounge bar area, with sofas and LCD TV for your moments of relaxation. Find out the services offered by Bed and Breakfast La Barbera Praiano!

Our staff is at your disposal for all the useful information to make your stay full of events and charming excursions. On request, we offer:

• Cooking classes and pizza class
• Tourist guide
• Wellness treatment
• Transfer service to the airport or stations
• Advice on eco-tourism itineraries
• Food and wine tours
• Information about Trekking trails, the Path of the Gods, the path that leads to the Monastery of Santa Maria del Castro, on how to reach the beaches of Gavitella and Praia
• Summer events and concerts on the path of the gods, on the summer festivities in honor of San Domenico with the famous and exciting Luminaria.

We will also offer you information about:

• car rental, with or without a driver, and motorcycles, scooters, and bicycles rental.

To extend your stay in b&b on the Amalfi Coast, before check-in or after check-out, La Barbera offers you the possibility of luggage storage, on request. The stop for the shuttle bus to the center of Praiano, to the cheerful Praia beach and to Positano, is next to bed & breakfast La Barbera.

Within walking distance or by car, you can reach the Sita bus stop for Positano, Sorrento or Amalfi. There are also tourist transport services. From the Praia beach, you can take boat trips along the magnificent Amalfi Coast, towards the Li Galli archipelago or towards Capri.

The ferry to Capri departs from the dock of Positano. The Circumvesuviana station easily reachable by Sita buses is in Sorrento. Not far from the b&b La Barbera you will find:

• Restaurants, pizzerias, bars with internet-point
• Tobacconist, newsstand and resale bus tickets
• Disco on the sea
• Tourist information office
• Praiano medical guard, pharmacy, bank counter
• Delicatessens, greengrocers, shops of local products, butchers
• Hairdressers, laundry.

PRAIANO
Book online your holiday in Praiano – Italy, on the Amalfi Coast: a little town with fabulous sunsets, history, and traditions of an enchanting location in the heart of the Amalfi Coast

La Barbera bed and breakfast is situated in Praiano, in a wonderful location on the Amalfi Coast that includes two ancient residential areas: the homonymous Praiano and Vettica Maggiore.

Praiano (Italy) is located halfway between Positano and Amalfi, in the most intimate heart of the Amalfi Coast, perfect for a romantic holiday. Its name is probably of Greek origin.

Praiano (Italy) overlooks to the east, towards the Capo di Conca and, in the distance, with views of Salerno and the Monti del Cilento. The village is full of sunlight from sunrise to golden sunset over the sea.

Vettica Maggiore overlooks west towards Positano and Capri and from here you can admire beautiful sunsets that surround the Faraglioni.

Like many towns on the Amalfi Coast, that you will visit during your holiday, the hamlets are developed in the upper part of the coast, bordered to the north by the wonderful Path of the Gods, trekking route famous all over the world, and in the down part of the coast, on the sea.

The coast is characterized by promontories, small and romantic beaches, and ancient towers.

Praiano (Italy) inhabitants were mainly fishermen, dedicated to tuna, sardines, and anchovies fishing and in search of coral.

In the winter they also became farmers: the fertile land, contained in the characteristic dry walls, is cultivated with citrus groves, olive groves, vineyards, vegetables and in particular the delicious piennolo tomatoes.

To defend the territory of Praiano from the Arab incursions in South Italy, called Saracens, and from the Turks, the Angevins and the Spaniards during the period of the vice reign, built numerous watchtowers and watchtowers, along the promontories of the coast.

Some have been renovated over the years and characterize the landscape including the “Torre a Mare” also called the Capo, the “Torre del Grado”. Some tower houses, of noble families, are still well recognizable for their particularity, among the white houses of Praiano.

The houses, built in lime, material that the inhabitants of Praiano produced by dissolving the limestone rocks, with domed roofs with a barrel vault or crusade, had the dual function of keeping the interiors cool and collecting rainwater in the cisterns.

The women of Praiano, over the centuries, have been skilled workers of silk, twisted thread, glass beads, hair nets made in the past with their hair, then in silk and finally in nylon.

With the same tools, the crucella, the muorlo and the ligna, the netting was done. The women helped their husbands to repair the nets on the beach but they were also very good embroiderers.

In the village of Marina di Praia were built the boats with the wood from Agerola, which was also sold in Africa, the fishers made the netting and made the ropes with a plant that still today it grows along the coast; women salted the anchovies and sardines.

Enjoy your holiday on the Amalfi Coast, in Praiano (Italy), in the area of the Antico Seggio, we could visit the ancient Church of San Luca, which is celebrated three times a year: October 18th, Monday in Albis and the first Sunday of July.

It was custom, particularly on the Amalfi coast, where the men were engaged in fishing, to extend the festivity on Monday after Easter, which was dedicated to the patron saint.

The main church of Vettica Maggiore is the Church of Saint Gennaro. Every summer, in August, its charming terrace overlooking the sea is illuminated by the thousands of lights of the Luminaria and the celebrations for Saint Domenico.

Among the typical products of Praiano (Italy), we find the migliaccio, a traditional recipe for the carnival, the squid with potatoes, and Christmas cakes: the grown zeppole, the zeppole vullute, the potato zeppole, the cazzabotti and the struffoli.

You could taste these delicious desserts during your holiday in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast.

The main beaches of Praiano are La Gavitella, reachable through a flight of steps starting from the Church of San Gennaro, and La Praia, reachable on foot or by car from the Amalfi state road.

THE PATH OF THE GODS
Praiano (Italy) is full of alleys, steps and at every glimpse; during your holiday in Praiano you will be enchanted by the Amalfi Coast landscape, the vegetation and the flowering plants that adorn it.

One of the most beautiful walking routes, reachable from La Barbera b & b, is the one that leads to the Convent of San Domenico Santa Maria del Castro. Continuing you find the wonderful Path of the gods, reachable also along two other ancient mule tracks.

The extraordinary Path of the gods along the Amalfi Coast leaves from Agerola and leads to Positano. From Praiano can be reached from Via Costantinopoli, from the b & b La Barbera, along with the CAI path 327 / b.

The trail starts from the upper area of Praiano and, precisely, from Via Colle La Serra which is a side street of Via Costantinopoli.

From Via Costantinopoli di Praiano (m 261), take the staircase called Via Colle La Serra, which leads to the locality of the same name (m 578), where the route ends in the graft with the Path of the Gods. From this point, it can be walked east towards Agerola or west towards Positano. It is advisable to wear suitable clothing and preferably to walk in the early morning.

THE AMALFI COAST
Enjoy the scenery of both the sea and the mountain, the ancient steps of Praiano, the magnificent beaches, and the excursions around the Amalfi Coast! Hike the Path of the gods on the Amalfi Coast to Positano from Bed and Breakfast in Praiano La Barbera!

Praiano (Italy) is an enchanting place that surprise at every corner and alley with its extraordinary views and its territory offers:

• All the features for a relaxing holiday
• History and mythology
• Traditions of tasty local cuisine
• Hiking trails and the wonderful Path of the gods to Positano from Praiano

From b & b La Barbera you will soon reach the magnificent walking path to the Monastery of Santa Maria del Castro and the extraordinary Path of the Gods, which leads to Positano from Agerola, crossing the whole upper part of Praiano.

During your Amalfi Coast Vacation at the Bed & Breakfast La Barbera you can organize a lot of excursions on the Coast of Amalfi:

• Positano
• Conca dei Marini and the Emerald Grotto
• Fjord of Furore with the ancient fishing village
• Amalfi and Atrani
• The medieval towns of Ravello and Scala
• Roman villa of Minori
• Factory of hand-painted pottery in Vietri sul Mare
• Salerno and the Greek temples of Paestum
• Sorrento
• Archaeological excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Vesuvius
• Naples ad its Museums and Royal Palaces
• The islands of Capri, Ischia, and Procida.

You will love especially excursions by boat along the Amalfi Coast and sunbathe at the beaches of Praiano: La Praia and Gavitella. Amazing hikes and epic walks on the Amalfi Coast and the stunning Path of the gods

SANTA MARIA DEL CASTRO (SAN DOMENICO)
At two hundred meters from the B & B La Barbera you will find the steps leading to the Monastery of San Domenico, a path full of spirituality. Immersed in the luxuriant nature of the Mediterranean vegetation you reach the church and from its square, you can enjoy an extraordinary panorama.

In these places, the Municipality of Praiano organizes the exciting Concerts Sounds of the gods, inspired by the Path of the Gods, a millennial road that in ancient times connected the villages of the coast to those of the hinterland, among which there was intense traffic of commerce.

Walked with the appropriate clothing and in the coolest hours of the day, it is an unforgettable experience. From this route, you can continue to hike on the coast and reach the Path of the gods until Positano.

HIKING
From the B & B La Barbera, in Via Costantinopoli, you cross the village of Vettica Maggiore and you go upstream of the town of Praiano, among the lively crops in the characteristic garden terraces and the white houses that gradually give way to the Mediterranean vegetation with its aromas and spontaneous colors.

The path is well traced and then a climb is undertaken. From here on you continue on a well evident trail. You reach the bed of the creek Praia and cross the path that descends from Santa Barbara, where there are the ruins of an old monastery.

Continuing the uphill path you will cross a wood of ash and oak and you will reach a wall and a zig-zag path on a rocky slope. The path n. 80 comes out near a rural house, deviates on a bridge and after about 300 meters you reach Piazza Paolo Capasso in Bomerano, a hamlet of Agerola.

From the b & b La Barbera in via Costantinopoli, you take the steps that reach the church square of San Luca. You take the steps of Via Gradillo that lead on the Amalfi State road.

From this start there are several steps descents to the sea. We recommend the one that leads from the main church to Cala di Rezzola, which arrives near the medieval tower.

From the Ponte della Praia, the bristly path leads to the pastures of the Grottole locality. Along the path, you can admire the typical Mediterranean vegetation: the carob trees, the aromatic rosemary bushes.

From the locality Pennola the path is bordered by Agaves and prickly pears and leads to Punta Sant’Elia. Walking along the romantic and floral Strada dell’amore, the Love’s Route, you reach the church of Sant’Elia.

From the B & B La Barbera, through Via Costantinopoli you reach the homonymous Church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli. From the square, there is an incredible view of the Gulf of Sorrento.

Behind the church, the sea-view goes from Praiano to Sorrento and from Furore to the Cilento coast. Walking on you reach the locality of Tuocco, from which you can admire a wonderful view of Positano and Capri.

THE CAVE OF THE DEVIL
At the Grotta del Diavolo, on the state road to Amalfi, before the Gallery of the Praia, on the left, between the rock walls, you can admire the artisan crib made by Michele Castellano.

The crib shows the village of Praiano with its characteristic houses with domes, alleys, the church and the sea with the fishing boats. The inhabitants of Praiano are reproduced between the terraces of lemons and the artisans while they perform their typical jobs.

THE BEACHES
Walking along the steps from the b & b La Barbera, you reach the wonderful Piazza di San Gennaro; after having walked the underlying Via Masa, you meet the steps to reach the Cala della Gavitella, the beach of the Amalfi Coast where the sun sets later.

Overlooking Positano, the small islands of Li Galli and Capri, in the area of Vettica Maggiore, are protected by the promontory on which stands the Torre del Grado.

Near the Cala della Gavitella you can admire a natural swimming pool inside a cave, called the Fontana dell’Altare. In summer the beach is equipped with restaurants with exquisite local cuisine.

THE TOWER DEL GRADO
La Torre del Grado is visible from La Barbera bed & breakfast and can be reached through a pleasant walk along the steps from Via Costantinopoli to the wonderful square of the Church of San Gennaro.

Continue along the Via Masa, a romantic path full of flowers, among the picturesque houses on the sea and going left, after about 100 meters, after a hotel, on the right, there is the staircase to the Torre del Grado.

The Torre del Grado was built during the viceregal period for the defense of the Amalfi Coast. Nearby is a quay where you can dive.

LA PRAIA & THE TOWER ON THE SEA
At the mouth of the Vallone di Praia, between spectacular sheer cliffs, the beach of Marina di Praia opens up. Among the white houses of the small fishing village, there is the Church dell’Annunziata.

During the festivities of March 25th, a procession reaches the beach and the sea is lit by the lights of the boats. On the beach, there are various restaurants that offer exquisite traditional cuisine, diving centers, and boat rentals.

From Marina di Praia boats depart for excursions to the caves of Suppraiano, the Grotta dell’Africana, the discotheque on the sea of Praiano, or for boat trips along the coast and towards Capri.

From the Marina di Praia you can take a spectacular walk along the path carved into the rock until you reach the promontory where stands the cylindrical tower Torre a Mare, built in the sixteenth century to protect the coast.

THE LUMINARY OF SAN DOMENICO 
Praiano preserves many churches throughout its territory. At Vettica Maggiore, below the state road Amalfitana, you can visit the main church of Vettica Maggiore, dedicated to San Gennaro, with its beautiful dome of multicolored ceramic tiles.

The spectacular panoramic terrace, in early August, is the protagonist of the extraordinary Luminaria di San Domenico, an event that attracts thousands of visitors every year.

In the upper part of Praiano there is the sixteenth century Church of S. Luca, in the area of ​​the Antico Seggio, which has a baroque structure and a majolica floor dating back to the 18th century. San Luca is celebrated three times a year: October 18th, Monday in Albis and the first Sunday of July.

Walking through the alleys and the steps of the village, embellished with multicolored plants, there are various votive aediculas. The oldest bear the date of the eighteenth century and were once realized in memory of an event.

Illuminated at night accompanied the traveler through the streets of the village. The charm has remained unchanged over time and visitors are enchanted by the scents of nature and the wonderful panoramic views along the paths and the stairways.

Rooms: 5

Price: from 345 EUR per night

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