Locanda Ripa delle Janare
A fable like setting with stunning views on the Amalfi Coast

Situated on the celebrated Amalfi Coast, a few minutes from the famous town of Amalfi, the Locanda Ripa delle Janare enjoys a panoramic coastal setting of incomparable beauty. The Hotel is in Furore, anciently called "Terra Furoris" for the particular fury of the sea in the storm days, between Amalfi and Positano, on the top of the Amalfi Coast, in a peaceful and quiet position. The Hotel "Locanda Ripa delle Janare", built in perfect Mediterranean style, stands, sheer on the sea, in the most impressive bay of the Amalfi Coast.

The Hotel has 3 junior suites and 6 double rooms all with sea view, furnished with Ceramics from Vietri, air conditioning, mini-bar, telephone, TV Color SAT and terrace. The junior Suites are provided with Jacuzzi bathtub. A large Bar with a panoramic terrace and the Meeting Hall of the Fjord of Furore, for 70 people, equipped by teleprojector, slides projector, amplification, flip chart, complete our offer.

The Locanda Ripa delle Janare, literally " The Fairy Inn", derives its name from the legend of the "Janare". The most characteristic place of Furore is the Fjord. An ancient fishermen Village with its luxuriant vegetation, mills and paper Factory. It is just in a wild and mysterious atmosphere like this that become part one of the most fascinating legends of the popular tradition and local superstition: the "Janare". We try to know something more. The etymology of the term of "Janare" would derive from Diana, goddess of the hunting and of the magic. But in these cases truth and fiction they are melted and it appears difficult to distinguish them.

It is recounted, moreover, that these strange creatures, much similar to the common Fairies, flew in the night, with their chest covered with a magical ointment, and possessed vary powers, like to cause storms and transforming themselves in animals, that they knew the use of the herb in order to cure any kind of disease.

The tradition wants that the Janare met on the beach of the Fjord, coming from several parts of the country through ancient paths along the Walloon.