Villa Massalubrense Sorrento

Puttanesca pasta

by Balam

Ingredients:

320g linguine,
300g small tomatoes,
60g black olives,
30g capers,
30g salty anchovies,
1 and 1/2 decilitre extra virgin olive oil,
2 cloves garlic,
chopped parsley, red hot pepper, salt



Method:

Frizzle garlic and ret hot pepper in oil, add anchovies (unsalted and filleted) melt at low heat. Add chopped tomatoes and cook rapidly at high heat, mix with pitted olives and capers. Boil linguine and drain slightly undercooked, pour into the sauce, mix and complete with chopped parsley.

Bus to Amalfi

by hawkhead

For value for money, this trip might well be the bargain of the century... The return trip to Amalfi is Euro 3.90 and takes about an hour and forty minutes. The scenery is absolutely stunning and although the road does goes along vertiginous routes at times, the drivers are totally competent. The buses depart from the train station (actually, from the road just below the train station) and the bus stop is clearly marked, although anyone hanging around the train station will be able to point you in the right direction. When we travelled in February, there was only ourselves plus another couple, who got off at Positano, plus the odd local who got on and off at various points along the route. A truly memorable trip and a highlight of our stay.

Great Pizza!

by SallyM about Aurora

This is a real pizzeria with a proper pizza oven. They do great starters and desserts as well.

It is under the same management as the adjacent restaurant O Canonico. Pizza, obviously. But the melon and parma ham starter was good too.

Marina Grande

by tripc

This is a perfect little place in Sorrento where tourists seem to be missing! It looks and feels like a small fishing village. Find a pathway down to the bay, lay out on the beach, eat at one of the 5 or 6 restaurants, have a picnic in front of the little yellow church, and just relax...

Back to Sorrento

by Beausoleil

"If you want a good view . . ."

We had time to kill between Tuscany and Maratea so we decided to visit the Amalfi Coast. We luckily chose a really nice hotel above Sorrento with terraces overlooking the hotel pool, the Bay of Naples, Sorrento and Mt. Vesuvius. Views don't get much better than that.

In the very left-hand corner, see Mt. Vesuvius wreathed in clouds.

"Bay of Naples, Sorrento, Mt. Vesuvius"

There was a terrace on the very top floor of our hotel with views even better than from the terrace with our room. Just gorgeous. There's Mt. Vesuvius again with its permanent cloud.

"Lest we forget . . ."

This was the year of the great Naples garbage strike. While we were in Sorrento, near Naples, someone in Naples in frustration was burning their garbage. It caught a nearby car on fire and then spread to several more cars and an apartment building resulting in quite a few people without homes that night. The strike was on tv every night the five weeks we were there.

What surprised us was that it spread far beyond Naples. I took this photo out of our car window on the S145 headed toward Positano. This was not an isolated incident. These piles, some much larger, were beside nearly every Dempsy Dumpster in southern Italy. It was not scenic! It was in its 53rd day at some point while we were there. I hope they have it settled because it's a nightmare for the people who live there.