Eco-friendly holiday on the Amalfi Coast | Hotel Margherita Praiano

The Margherita Hybrid Garden: a biodiversity sanctuary on the Coast
In the heart of Hotel Margherita’s Hybrid Garden — amid Mediterranean scents and the light of the Gulf of Salerno — five pollinator shelters now stand as part of the collaboration with 3Bee. Not mere decorative elements: genuine scientific refuges for the species that keep our ecosystem alive.

The Polly House: a bee, a social story
At the core of the project is the Polly House, a solitary bee shelter made from PEFC-certified wood by the Andirivieni Social Cooperative, which provides employment opportunities for young people with disabilities. Three Polly Houses have been installed in the Hybrid Garden, hosting mason bees (osmia), extraordinarily effective pollinators that are completely harmless.

These small solitary bees produce no honey, but their role in pollination is irreplaceable. Every spring, new generations emerge, bringing life to the garden and biodiversity to the surrounding territory.

The ladybird and butterfly houses
Completing the pathway are a ladybird house and a butterfly house: two species crucial for plant propagation and the conservation of local biodiversity. Butterflies in particular, often underestimated, are exceptionally valuable pollinators and among the most at risk due to the loss of natural habitats.

Adopt a beehive: the gift card that makes a difference
Hotel Margherita makes available to its guests the

3Bee “Gift a Beehive” gift cards: a sustainable gift that goes well beyond the symbolic gesture. By adopting a beehive, guests directly support a local beekeeper — a profession now seriously at risk — and join a biodiversity network spanning all of Italy and several European countries.

Thanks to 3Bee’s Hive-Tech technology installed on the hives, the recipient gains access to an app showing all real-time collected data: weight, temperature, humidity and acoustic activity of the colony. A truly unique experience of connection with nature, lasting a full year.

The special promotion: the first 10 half-board guests
Hotel Margherita has chosen to mark its environmental commitment with a concrete initiative: the

first 10 guests who, from 25 April 2026 onwards, book a half-board stay will receive a 3Bee gift card to adopt a beehive. For a full year they will follow the colony’s life in real time via app — weight, temperature, the bees’ wellbeing — while directly supporting a local beekeeper.

A deliberate choice: 25 April is a date that speaks of shared values and a commitment to a better world. The gift of a beehive is a thread connecting the best things of our past to a more conscious future — a thread that runs from the bees, with their age-old importance for nutrition and human life, all the way to the

Nonna Nonna Restaurant’s tables, where the inspiration of grandmothers Erminia and Margherita lives on in every dish: regional, local, clean, just. Exactly as nature intended.

Bees pollinate the flowers that bear the fruit that reaches our table. There is nothing more coherent, then, than protecting those who make all of this possible — while savouring the culinary tradition of the Amalfi Coast.

 🌿Ready to be part of sustainable travel on the Amalfi Coast?

Book your half-board stay at Hotel Margherita directly on our website and, if you are among the first 10 guests to book from 25 April 2026, you will receive a 3Bee beehive adoption card as a gift.

Because an eco-friendly holiday on the Amalfi Coast can leave a green mark on the world.