SIRENUSE

MORE LE SIRENUSE

OUR FIRST ROOM HAD THE FOLLOWING VIEWS FROM ITS TERRACE, FIRST LEFT, THEN RIGHT.

THAT FIRST NIGHT WE HEARD SOME NOISE AROUND MIDNIGHT, APPARENTLY FROM THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE HOTEL OR THE POOL AREA. WHEN WE COMPLAINED, WE WERE MOVED TO A SUITE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. BELOW ARE A SHOT OF THE ROOM AND ONE OF ITS TERRACE.

WE SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE IN THE POOL TERRACE AREA, WHEN WE WEREN'T VISITING RAVELLO FOR THE CERAMICS AND VIEWS, AMALFI FOR THE DA GEMMA FISH SOUP, OR THE HOTEL SAN PIETRO FOR THE BELLINIS.

ONE DAY WE DID OUR USUAL HIRING OF LUCIO, A POSITANO LANDMARK WHO DRIVES A CAR FOR HIS BROTHER'S LIMO SERVICE. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO LE SIRENUSE LUCIO TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF THE YEAR, THE CELEBRATION OF THE PATRON SAINT OF POSITANO (SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST OR SAN VITO - I STILL CAN'T FIND OUT IF THEY'RE THE SAME - VARIOUS WEBSITES LIST THEM SEPARATELY). THE TOWN WAS JAMMED, BUT LUCIO GOT US A HILLSIDE TABLE AT A CAFE OVERLOOKING THE HARBOR FOR THE FESTIVITIES AND FIREWORKS, THEN CAME THROUGH THE CROWDS TO PICK US UP AT THE HOTEL AND FERRY US UP THE HILLSIDE FOR FREE, AS A NICE ITALIAN GESTURE. BELOW, THEN THE FIREWORKS AS SEEN FROM OUR TABLE.

NOT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY - BUT, BOY, DO WE LOVE LE SIRENUSE AND POSITANO

[BUT DON'T GO IN JULY OR AUGUST. IT'S JAMMED WITH TOUR BUSES SPEWING DIESEL FUMES AND WALL-TO-WALL WITH GERMAN, FRENCH, AND ITALIAN TOURISTS ON THEIR ANNUAL SIX WEEK LEAVES. AND IT'S HOT AND HUMID.]