A slow-living coastal retreat000

SOFT STAY

Est. 1962 — Positano, Italy

A slow-living coastal retreat

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SOFT STAY

a house sitting on top of a cliff next to the ocean

Twenty-two rooms above the sea, and nowhere to be.

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Salt air
Salt air
Slow mornings
Slow mornings
Linen & light
Linen & light
Long lunches
Long lunches
Lemon groves
Lemon groves
Sea swims
Sea swims

Salt air
Slow mornings
Linen & light
Long lunches
Lemon groves
Sea swims

(01) — Welcome

Twenty-two rooms. One lemon grove. No rush.

Soft Stay is a small hotel on the edge of the sea, made for slow mornings, long lunches and evenings that end with nothing but the sound of the waves.

Folded white cloth on a sunlit wooden table

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(02) — Rooms & Suites

Rooms that ask
for nothing

Six rooms and suites, each shaped by the light and the view. Linen, lime plaster and nothing that doesn’t need to be there.

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(03) — The grounds

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Terraces, lemon trees, a stone stair to the sea — a little of everything that waits for you.

(04) — Experiences

Days that unfold
very slowly

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On the water

3 hours

Sunrise Sail

Slip out of the harbour at first light on our wooden gozzo, with coffee, warm bread and nobody else on the sea.

At the table

Evenings

Lemon Grove Supper

A long table beneath the citrus trees, set with whatever the garden and the fishermen brought in that morning.

In the spa

90 minutes

Stone & Steam Ritual

Heat, salt and cold water in a cave-like spa carved into the hillside — followed by a very long nap.

In the sea

Anytime

Cliffside Swim

Stone steps lead from the garden straight down to a private platform and the clearest water on the coast.

Rooms & suites

Years by the sea

Lemon trees

0 min

Walk to the beach

Table set with tea, fruit, and decorative items

At the table

Lunch that turns into dinner

Garden vegetables, the morning’s catch and a wine list that leans local.

Sauna heater with stones inside a modern spa

In the spa

Stone, steam and silence

A small spa carved into the hillside, with a salt-water pool and a sauna that smells of pine.

(05) — Kind words

Guests who came for three nights and stayed for nine

We came for three nights and stayed for nine. It is the kind of place that quietly rearranges your sense of time.
Clara M.
Copenhagen
The Linen Suite at sunrise is the most beautiful room I have ever woken up in. Every detail feels considered.
James & Priya
London
Supper under the lemon trees was the highlight of our whole year. We still talk about the tomatoes.
Sofia R.
Milan
Calm, warm and effortlessly elegant. The team made us feel like old friends from the first hour.
Daniel K.
New York
No crowds, no noise, just the sea and a very good book. Exactly what we needed.
Hanna L.
Berlin

We came for three nights and stayed for nine. It is the kind of place that quietly rearranges your sense of time.
Clara M.
Copenhagen
The Linen Suite at sunrise is the most beautiful room I have ever woken up in. Every detail feels considered.
James & Priya
London
Supper under the lemon trees was the highlight of our whole year. We still talk about the tomatoes.
Sofia R.
Milan
Calm, warm and effortlessly elegant. The team made us feel like old friends from the first hour.
Daniel K.
New York
No crowds, no noise, just the sea and a very good book. Exactly what we needed.
Hanna L.
Berlin