THREE POSITANO SECRETS

24.10.2017 POSITANO

Casa e Bottega

It can be difficult to find a good salad in a part of Italy that still favours carb-heavy three-course meals. But Casa e Bottega, run by talented chef and lover of beautiful things Tanina Vanacore, is much more than just a salad bar. Quiches, homemade cakes (including gluten-free options), 100% natural gelato, smoothies and fruit juices – with many ingredients coming from Tanina’s own kitchen garden – are on the menu of a place that has become a fixture on the Positano breakfast, lunch and aperitivo circuit since its debut in 2013. Open from April through to the end of October, Casa e Bottega is also a craft, homeware and accessories store where pretty much everything you see is on sale, from Paolo Sandulli’s delightful terracotta planters through Stamperia Bertozzi’s lovely printed linen tablecloths to Millegradi’s eminently desirable ceramic bowls.

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Fornillo district

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To many outsiders, Positano is simply Positano: a daring vertical town, unified by its defiance of gravity and geology. But like any Italian conurbation, it has its quartieri, each with its own character. One of the most fascinating is Fornillo, which rises from the beach of the same name to the Grotta di Fornillo, a natural cave that has been turned over the centuries into a charmingly rustic Nativity shrine. A stepped path from Pupetto hotel and beach bar leads up past lemon and olive groves  into the heart of this quiet residential district, which has long attracted artists (among them Vincenzo Caprile and Massimo Campigli). The district church of Santa Margherita, with its elegant terracotta and maiolica floor, stands in a little piazza where kids play and nonni sit and chat on warm summer evenings.

Photos © Roberto Salomone (main photo, Vallone Porto), Oliviero Olivieri (Casa e Bottega, Fornillo)

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