Wooden furniture and decorative pieces are crafted by Salvatore Colantuono, an artisan-artist who creates lamps, tables, and bespoke objects entirely from wood salvaged during pruning season. In winter, Salvatore dedicates his time to crafting new items, restoring and maintaining existing ones—breathing new life into reclaimed wood.
Ceramic decorations, along with hand-thrown plates and glasses, are made by Sorrento-based artist Rosalinda Acampora. Her work draws inspiration from the local landscape, expressed through form, color, and theme.
Room signs and common area signage—transporting guests into a dreamlike and fantastical world—are by Belgian artist Isabelle Lemaitre, who chose Italy, and the Sorrento coast in particular, as the place to bring her surrealist visions to life.
In the common areas, many pieces by Alessandra Franco can be found. A visionary and multifaceted artist from the Phlegraean region, she is the creator of the large iron mermaid that watches over the path leading to the Fjord. These artistic “traces” add beauty and detail, making each stay truly unique.
The house itself is home to the large, luminous canvases of Lola Avigliano—Buenos Aires–born graphic designer and artist—whose intimate, dreamlike style explores form and color through drawing, analog and digital illustration, painting, and murals.
In the apartments of the Villa, you'll find the large, textured works of Giulio Delvè—art born from a meditation on time and how we experience its passage. Drawing on the tradition of casting, Delvè captures the imprint of spaces and moments long gone, inviting reflection on time as a vital dimension for a sustainable future.
In 2026, Alberto Bottillo, a Neapolitan artist, illustrator, and graphic designer who combines design rigor with creative expression, created the map illustration used to help people orient themselves inside the Relais. For this work, Bottillo followed the style of one of his best-known pieces, Spaccanapoli: all the elements are reduced to soft, thick lines, and color is used only in a few points, turning the illustration into a kind of visual compass.
In the first century BC, during the height of the Roman Empire, the Gulf of Naples was dotted with flourishing towns—Sorrento, Pompeii, and Herculaneum, to name just a few.
