11 Best Sea View Hotels in Sorrento (2025)

With stunning views over the Bay of Naples to Vesuvius and the bay’s eponymous city, a sunny mild climate for much of the year, and fruits and flowers in profusion, Sorrento offers a delight on the senses. You could easily spend your holiday drinking in the views, the coffee, the limoncello (for which this area of Italy is famous), and the scents. Certainly, when it comes to the best sea-view hotels in Sorrento, you’re spoilt for choice. Some have private beaches, others have pools, and all offer rooms with balconies. We’ve picked out some of the best so why not browse through our collection to start planning your next getaway?

For a private beach

• With a cliffside location, striking views of Mount Vesuvius and access to a private beach, the Grand Hotel Ambasciatori is a stately affair of marbled floors, high ceilings and elegantly traditional furnishings. With rooms with balconies, a pool and a small spa, as well as two restaurants, this luxury hotel has everything you'll need.
• Also with a private beach, but this time set a short distance outside Sorrento and tucked amongst peaceful groves of olive and fruit trees, Relais Regina Giovanna is an elegant villa with cool and contemporary interiors. Expect tiled floors, breezy colours and uncluttered rooms that mix in the odd antique. There are shady terraces for both dining and lazing, too.

For a boutique stay

• Cool, sharp and modern, Maison la Minervetta is a small boutique hotel set into the cliff-face at Sorrento with far-reaching sea views. The 12 rooms have a contemporary style of white walls, wood or tiled floors and bright primary colours in soft furnishings. All rooms have views, plus there’s an outdoor pool and terrace. Adults-only, it makes a great romantic bolthole.
• Nestled in lemon and orange groves, minutes from the Sorrento city centre, Villa Oriana Relais offers panoramic views of the gulf and countryside surrounding Sant'Agnello. Rooms are bright, traditionally decorated, with private patios. Total relaxation in a gorgeous family-run hotel.

For a wellness hotel

• Laqua is a wellness hotel on the Amalfi coast with sea views and an elegant spa. The six tranquil bedrooms, designed with relaxation in mind, each have a private plunge pool on the shared outdoor terrace. Relaxed, communal dining and restaurants nearby.

Just outside town

• Quietly situated on the outskirts of Sorrento, Grand Hotel Cocumella is wonderfully quiet with classically traditional rooms of tiled floors, antique furniture and rich fabrics. Many have balconies with sea views, as does the dining terrace. There’s also a garden with a pool, a spa and a choice of three restaurants.
• Also on the edge of town, Hotel Meditteraneo is a large, palatial affair with private beach, outdoor pool and beautiful dining terrace overlooking the bay. Many rooms have sea views too, and all are cool and smart in chic nautical blues and whites.

Luxury sea-view hotels

• The glamorous Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, a Belle Epoque villa, is a landmark of Sorrento, sitting just off the main square and atop the cliffs. A private lift whisks guests down to the beach while staff are discreetly on hand to cater for every guest’s needs. Rooms are classically elegant – the biggest with pianos and vast balconies – while the dining terrace serves Michelin-starred food against an impossibly romantic background.
• With its dramatic setting on the white cliffs, and with grounds of rambling terraces, beautiful gardens and a private beach, the Bellevue Syrene has long been the retreat of writers, artists and the glitterati. Interiors have been subtly modernised – bold modern art, coolly minimalist bedrooms, many with balconies – plus there’s a gourmet restaurant, spa and pool.
• Anna Belle Elegant Resort is a sumptuous resort with magnificent sea views, set in expansive gardens with a pool. Refined interiors feature elaborate floor tiles, classically elegant furniture and fine Persian rugs. A sophisticated stay.

For a harbourside location

• Right on Sorrento’s harbour, yet close to the town centre, Yacht Club Capo Cervo Suites have the best of both worlds. The three rooms mix modern and antique furnishings, much of the latter rescued from old ships. The rooms’ balconies give unrivalled views across the port and the Bay of Naples, yet retain a hideaway feel. Plus, it's excellent value for money!

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