The view everybody comes to Procida for — the stepped pink, yellow and blue houses dropping down towards the boats of Corricella — is looked at from above. From Terra Murata, from the climb up to the castle, from the terraces that sit above the village. La Casa sul Mare is exactly there, at Salita Castello 13, inside an 18th-century noble palazzo.
Ten rooms, all with a sea view and all with a private terrace. Breakfast is served in the garden or on the terrace looking over the bay. The price starts at 110 EUR, which for this position is a reasonable figure: you pay less than at the Insula for a view the Insula does not have.
The palazzo and the rooms
The building is eighteenth-century and stands on the climb that leads to the rock. That is the context: above you have the Abbey of San Michele and Palazzo d’Avalos, the former Bourbon prison; below, the fishermen’s village. In between, a little lower down, the church of Santa Margherita Nuova on the ridge.
All ten rooms have a sea view and a private terrace. It is a strong claim and it is worth taking it for what it is: they all have a view, they do not all have the same view. If your aim is the photograph of Corricella, ask about it explicitly when you book, naming the room. A hotel with ten rooms answers questions like that; a chain does not.
We have no verified check-in and check-out times and we are not inventing them. They are to be asked about along with the room, and in this case they count double, because arriving here with luggage takes a minimum of organisation.
How you get here (and how the luggage gets here)
Salita Castello is an uphill street, and the name does not lie. From the harbour at Marina Grande you go up by bus — the C1 and L1 routes serve Terra Murata — or by taxi. On foot it can be done, but with cases it is no stroll: it is a good twenty minutes, always on a slope.
The good news, and it is not a given round here, is that the road reaches this place. That is not the case at the Hotel La Corricella, down in the village, where you go down only on foot by the steps. When you book, ask all the same how far up the taxi can go and how many steps are left: it is the information that spares you the nasty surprise on landing.
Once you are in the room, though, the position gives it all back. Terra Murata is the highest inhabited point on the island, and at seven in the morning, when the day trippers are still on the hydrofoil, the village is yours. The walk from Terra Murata to Corricella starts on your doorstep.
Breakfast, which here is the strong point
It is served in the garden or on the terrace looking over the bay. Put like that it sounds like the usual brochure line, but here the place really does count: from this height you see Corricella below, the open sea towards Capri and the coast. The morning light comes from the east and it is the best moment of the day to photograph the village.
If you have come to Procida for the images — the island of "Il Postino" and of "L’isola di Arturo", Arturo’s Island — this is the right base. The map of the locations of "Il Postino" and the piece on Elsa Morante tell you what to look for when you go down.
The excursions bookable at the hotel
The property arranges a two-hour island boat tour and guided visits of the old centre. They are the two most sensible things to do here, and having them at reception makes life simpler.
That said, compare. The two-hour loop of the island can be found on the island from 42–45 EUR a head, with swim stops and snorkelling gear: the two versions are described on the pages for the island boat tour and the tour with swim stops. Ask the hotel’s price and put it beside those: if they match, book at reception and think no more about it; if they are higher, you know why.
On the guided visit of the old centre the observation is different: on GetYourGuide, at Procida, there are no walking tours at all. If walking with a guide interests you, a local offer like this one is one of the few workable routes.
Who it suits, and who it does not
It suits two people, it suits photographers, it suits anybody who wants to wake up inside the view instead of walking to it. It also suits anybody with two or three days who wants to see the island in the hours when there is nobody about: from here the Abbey is a few minutes away, and its opening runs from Holy Week to All Saints with hours that in 2026 can change without notice.
It suits less well anybody travelling with small children and a pushchair, anybody with mobility problems, anybody who wants a beach and a parasol a couple of steps away. Terra Murata is the highest point on the island: whatever you do starts with a descent and ends with a climb. For a comfortable seaside holiday you stay at the Chiaiolella, at the Hotel Crescenzo or the Tirreno Residence. The full comparison is on the page about where to stay at Procida.