Ravello sits on the summit of the Valley of Dragone.It is a village of gardens interspersed with enchanting views.
The beauty of this place has always attracted travelers, intellectuals and artists of all nations, examples are : Bocccacio, Wagner, Lawrence, Gide, and many others. With first class hotels, romanic architecture, fine cuisine, Ravello plays host to tourists of the international elite.
The town features two particularly precious jewels: The Villa Cimbrone, built in the 11th century, but vastly improved in the early 1900s by an English nobleman, and Villa Rufolo, the place where Wagner found inspiration for his Parsifal and where The Ravello Music Festival takes place each summer.
