Alba Magica

The address is via Divina Costiera 35, in Agerola, in the province of Naples: the village in the Lattari mountains above the Amalfi coast, at an altitude that stays cool even in summer. Booking counts two kilometres and six to the beach of the Fiordo di Furore, thirteen kilometres to Amalfi cathedral, fourteen to the port of Amalfi and eight to the Amalfi bus station; Naples Capodichino airport is just under fifty kilometres away and the property arranges a paid shuttle. The nearest restaurants are three hundred and fifty and four hundred metres away.

It is a small bed and breakfast, kept by a couple who welcome guests in person. The rooms are air conditioned, with a flat-screen TV, a minibar, a kettle and a private bathroom with toiletries and a hairdryer; outside there are the garden, the terrace and a free private car park on site, which in Agerola is no small thing. The house also arranges car hire, and anyone arriving to walk or cycle finds the paths a few steps away: in the reviews someone writes of having reached the start of the Path of the Gods on foot in two minutes.

The age rule is in Booking's children conditions, and it is blunt: children are not allowed, and the property has no cots or extra beds. No figure is published, so this listing records the exclusion of minors with no declared threshold. The same page specifies that no minimum age is required for check-in, which is a different matter. No official website of the property can be found, so Booking remains the only source.

There is no real wellness area: no pool, no sauna, no steam room. Among the facilities Booking lists massages, which must be asked for at the property. What the house bets on is breakfast, served also in the room or outdoors, with genuine home-made produce that guests mention in their reviews.

Pets are not allowed, smoking is not permitted and parties may not be held; the property writes that it does not accept stag or hen parties and asks for quiet between twenty-three and six. Arrival is between fourteen and twenty-one and must be notified in advance, departure at ten. Agerola is liveliest in the walking season, from spring to autumn; in winter it is a quiet mountain village, with the coast half an hour of bends away.