Found at the highest point of Ravello, just past the hotel’s handsome portico bar and lovingly preserved 18th-century drawing room, you access the pool through an alley of roses shaded by a pergola down which rivulets of water trickle.

The elliptically shaped pool blends perfectly into its natural surroundings. As you bathe in the gently-heated waters, gazing out to the horizon, sea, sky and mountains all seem to blend as one.

A concierge is on hand to bring you an iPod with your choice of music, fresh fruit, an Evian vaporiser… anything to make your poolside stay even more pleasurable