The house
Thirty-four rooms, one very long lunch
Lantern was a lemon farmer's house before it was a hotel, and it still behaves like one. Breakfast runs until eleven because nobody has the heart to clear it. The terrace faces west, which is the only defensible direction for a terrace to face.
We are ten minutes above the water by the old stair, and forty minutes from Amalfi by boat when the sea allows it.
1927
the house was built
34
rooms and suites
9.4
guest rating
2
minutes to the sea
Rooms
Every one of them faces something
Rates shown are per night, breakfast included
Included
What comes with the room
No resort fee, no charge for the sun loungers, and the coffee downstairs is free all day.
Sea pool & loungers
Open 7am to sunset, towels on the rail
Breakfast until eleven
On the terrace, or brought to the room
Late checkout on Sundays
Until 4pm, no charge, no asking
Harbour transfer
Twice daily, free for stays over three nights
Walking notes
Hand-drawn, for the paths the maps miss
Dogs, gladly
Bowl and bed in the room, no extra charge
Dining
The menu is short because the boat was
Chef Lucia writes the card at nine each morning, after the harbour. Four antipasti, three primi, two secondi, and whatever the lemon trees are doing that week. Dinner is served from seven.
- Terrace restaurant — open to non-residents, book ahead
- Cellar bar — 90 bottles, most of them from Campania
- Packed lunches for the coast path, ordered the night before
Gallery
The house, mostly at the good hour
Offers
Reasons to stay a little longer
Four nights
The fourth is ours
Stay four nights between October and April and we take the last one off the bill.
Available 1 Oct — 30 Apr
Out of season
Lemons and nobody else
November rates, harbour transfer included, and the terrace largely to yourself.
From €140 per night
Table & room
Dinner, then bed
A five-course tasting for two on the terrace, and a sea-view room to fall into afterwards.
From €310 for two
Guests
9.4 from 612 stays
Collected after checkout, published unedited.
"We came for three nights and rebooked from the terrace on the second morning. The staff remember what you drink by day two, which sounds small and isn't."
Hannah M.
Terrace suite · September
"The stair down to the water is genuinely steep and genuinely worth it. Ask for the walking notes — they sent us up a path we'd never have found."
Piet T.
Garden double · June
"Dinner was four courses of things we couldn't pronounce and all of it was right. The cellar bar afterwards is the actual reason to stay in rather than go out."
Rosa A.
Sea-view double · May
"Brought the dog, which nobody blinked at. Bed and bowl were waiting in the room. Small thing, made the whole trip possible."
Dana K.
Tower room · October
Find us
Getting here
Via Terramare 4, 84010 Praiano SA, Italy
Parking is on the road above; we carry the bags down.
Before you book
Questions we get
Is the hotel suitable if stairs are difficult?
What is the cancellation policy?
Are children welcome?
When is the hotel closed?
Two letters a year, both about lemons
When rates change and when we reopen. Nothing else.