Suite success for castle on the beach

In a stunning setting right on a golden sandy beach, south of the Amalfi Coast, the baronial 17th century Palazzo Belmonte, exclusively featured by CV Travel, is undergoing sympathetic restoration to offer guests nineteen luxurious suites for two to eight guests.

The elegant suites, which are available to rent from May 2007, are housed in two wings of the palace, within a stone’s throw of the central courtyard, swimming pool and the Palazzo’s Belvedere restaurant.

Palazzo Belmonte is an historic private residence, in an idyllic location right on a long private sandy beach overlooking the sea and adjacent to the sleepy harbour town of Santa Maria di Castellabate. It offers an elegant and regal retreat, an escape from the outside world, in an area where time passes by unnoticed, while kids can play on the beach or by the pool and parents relax and enjoy the tranquil surroundings.

Prince Belmonte, whose family line can be traced back to AD 1000 and whose ancestors built the Palazzo in the 17th Century as a royal hunting lodge, is still in residence in the main building. Palazzo Belmonte is only a short drive from Naples, south of the Amalfi Coast, in an area known as Magna Grecia (land of culture and beauty) in the National Park of the Cilento, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

A week’s rental of a suite can be booked with CV Travel from £426 per person, for arrival 13 - 19 May, including flights to Naples, car hire and breakfast. A week’s high season stay at the end of July 2007 costs from £627 per person, including flights to Naples and breakfast.

To view Palazzo Belmonte visit: CVtravel.co.uk/villas/italy_campania_Palazzo-Belmonte.cfm