Where to stay in Italy to explore the Amalfi coast area

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We are planning 10 days in Italy next year. We have never been and are hoping to do 3 nights in Rome followed by a week somewhere around the Amalfi coast.

We want to visit Pompeii and have a few days exploring the area nearby, but I am really struggling finding suitable accommodation! DS will be 17 and DD will be 14 and we always book an apartment or villa so they can have separate bedrooms. We would like a pool too, don't mind if it's shared, but I can't seem to find anything.

We last went to lanzarote for a week where there seems to be a million villas to choose from. We would be happy also with a eurocamp / centreparcs type place, but can't seem to find that either.

Can anyone advise the best area to stay and where to look for accommodation? Thank you 😊

We stayed in the Botanico San Lazzari in Maiori for my 40th. Amazing but not a budget option...

www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/campania/amalfi-coast/hotels/hotel-botanico-san-lazzaro/

We've just come back from Sant A'gnello which is next to Sorrento. 15 minutes walk in or a hood hotel will do a shuttle bus.

Has its own station so handy for the sights.

Not as pretty as Sorrento but our hotel and pool were lovely, still lots of nice bars and places to eat and close enough to Sorrento but away from the mad touristy bustle.

Also I'd agree that Sorrento has definitely changed now it's so popular. It's still gorgeous and very pretty ... we went on early one morning when it was cooler and much more quiet. I could have spent all day just sitting in all the beautiful churches.

But in the evening we couldn't move for idiots doing selfies and posed pictures and videos for social media. Lots of stalls selling tourist tat too.

But if you choose the time carefully it's so easy to still find the old beauty of the place.

Great minds! We loved it there, an excellent base