Making Limoncello
by hartti
For original Limoncello you need 400 gr covers from Sorrento Lemons and 2 liters strong grappa or sprit for extracting the lemon taste. After extracting for a some time you should add 2 liters water with 800 gr sugar, and again let it rest some time. First filter it and then the Limoncello is ready for having as dessert liquer. Nam!
Avoid Driving
by malkin
The best advice that I have concerning transportation is to avoid driving yourself. If you travel by car to get to Sorrento leave it at the hotel and use public transport for your excursions because:
1 - the roads can get very busy and you can easily get blocked in traffic. There's no need to go on holiday to do that you can do it at home for less money!
2 - it's all very narrow and winding, you need all your concentration just to stay on the roads, and you'll miss the magnificent scenery.
3 - you're more likely to get in amongst the locals and feel that you really are in Italy.
Go to the tourist office in via Luigi De Maio, 35 and ask for their leaflet "Full directions to local public transport". It gives good details on ticketing. They also have leaflets giving train, bus and ferry timetables useful for planning trips to Pompei, the Amalfi coast and Capri.
The transportation pages of the website Sorrentotour has lots of good information:
www.sorrentotour.it/transportation/trainsandbusinfo.html#
Exquisite food, superb setting
by NedHopkins about L'antica trattoria
L'antica trattoria is located on a side street in central Sorrento. It seats 40 people in an arbor and 45 more inside. Though it advertises a 'no smoking' policy, smoking was permitted -- and ashtrays provided -- in the outdoor area.
Reservations are recommended. When we arrived our name was printed on a 'Reserved' card on a table in a prime part of the arbor. Later in the evening people arriving without reservations were turned away. Lamb chops superbly done. The pasta is also extraordinarily good.
Views of Sorrento
by barryg23
By day and by night, the views of the Sorrentine peninsula are spectacular. Probably the best place to see the peninsula is from the sea, though the viewing platform at the Villa Comunale also offers an excellent panorama.
Narrow steep lanes
by kentishgirl
These narrow steep lanes lead down to the beaches and harbour.
Great going down, dreadful coming back up!!
Remember water to drink and to dry off before leaving the beach otherwise its quite uncomfortable!!