We are planning a trip to Italy in 2015 that will include 3 days on the Amalfi Coast. We hope to spend some nights in Sorrento, Capri and Naples enjoying some live local music. Our taste run to classical voice, smooth jazz and classic favorites a la Sinatra. Any suggestions with club names?
Meg
Here are a few suggestions you might consider from Rick's Italy 2014 guidebook. He only lists three for the area although there may be more than that. Email your hotel for local suggestions as they will have a good idea of whats going on.
In Positano
Music on the Rocks, literally carved into the rocks on the beach (opens at 21:00 mid-April-Oct but party starts about 23:30, on summer weekends often a €10-20 cover charge that includes a drink, go to dance or just check out the scene, Via Grotte Dell’Incanto 51, tel. 089-875-874, www.musicontherocks.it).
For a more low-key atmosphere, café/pastry shop La Zagara hosts music nightly in summer (June-Sept, starts around 21:00, Via dei Mulini 10, tel. 089-875-964).
In Ravello
Villa Rufolo--The villa, built in the 13th-century ruins of a noble family's palace, presents wistful gardens among stony walls, with oh-my-God views. The Arabic/Norman gardens seem designed to frame commanding coastline vistas (you can enjoy the same view, without the entry fee, from the bus parking lot just below the villa). It’s also one of the venues for Ravello’s annual arts festival (July-Aug, www.ravellofestival.com) and music society performances (April-June and Sept-Oct, www.ravelloarts.org). Concertgoers perch on a bandstand on the edge of the cliff for a combination of wonderful music and dizzying views. Wagner visited here and was impressed enough to set the second act of his opera Parsifal in the villa’s magical gardens. By all accounts, the concert on the cliff is a sublime experience.
Cost and Hours: €5, daily May-Sept 9:00-20:00, Oct-April 9:00 until sunset, may close earlier if hosting a concert, tel. 089-857-621, www.villarufolo.it.
I hope this helps some.
Very helpful...especially the last item...happy travels...Meg
