Don’t walk through Positano with Carlo Cinque if you’re in a rush. Every few feet, shop keepers and hoteliers stop him to chat...
The San Pietro life· blog
The people, stories, flavours and lifestyle of the bella vita on the Amalfi Coast.
As a child, I often hung out on the beach with Mr. Vincenzo Ferraioli, also known as "Vincenzo the chiouv" because he was as thin as a nail.
I was always playing at the San Pietro as a young boy because my father was a carpenter on the construction site when the hotel was being built and he took me with him to work."
"I grew up here, among the furnaces. It is in my blood. So in the end, I came back."
We went around to the different departments asking a simple question.
Giorgio Maccioni, from Monsummano Terme arrived in Positano, shortly after the Second World War. His aunt, a spinster, had brought him along when she moved to Positano to help her sister with her four children.
In keeping with the local tradition, Vito and Chef Alois are preparing a fish based menu for you today, together with the popular Insalata Rinforza (Reinforced Salad).
Roscioli meets Zass. The two icons of Italian cooking team up in the kitchen to make the famous Roman carbonara.
“Carlo and I both learned to drive in this car.” Vito says, affectionately stroking the slim steering of the light blue Fiat 600 known as the “Jolly”.
I fell into this industry by chance thanks to my father who asked me to join him working in Florence...
The last of the four-part series celebrating Il San Pietro's 50th anniversary
The third in a four-part series celebrating Il San Pietro's 50th anniversary