Ravello, Amalfi Coast

Ravello, perched 350 meters above the Amalfi Coast, is the quintessential garden village where Richard Wagner found inspiration for Parsifal in 1880. Its cliffs plunge dramatically to the sea, offering views 90% more expansive than those from #5 Alberobello’s trulli-sprinkled hills. The famed Villa Cimbrone’s Terrace of Infinity draws 150,000 guests each year. Ravello’s annual music festival, founded in 1953, attracts world-class orchestras, outclassing typical Amalfi coastal towns. For a village suspended between earth and sky, Ravello delivers a sensory symphony.