the villa was built in 1904 thanks to a wealthy British guy called Edward Beckett…much later in 1972 the american poet Gore Vidal decide to buy it and he lived there for approx. 33 years,when he decide that was getting to older to enjoy every part of it.
La Rondinaia stays for "Swallow’s Nest”…nido di rondini

This lovely Villa is located right on a cliff and it'll be very easy to spot while you'll be driven from Amalfi to the town of Ravello,as soon as you'll leave the main stretch of Amalfi coast,following the roadsigns to Ravello it'll be right on your heads...so look up.