Villa del Sole B & B Sorrento

Locals

by barryg23

A visitor to Sorrento could spend a whole week here and only encounter fellow tourists, but a wander to the Sedile Dominova, on Via San Cesareo, brings contact with the locals. In medieval times, this building, with its faded frescoes and old coats-of-arms, was a place where the aristocracy met; nowadays it's a gathering place for the local OAPs, who pay no attention to the passing tourists and spend their time playing cards.

Circumvesuviana Train

by meteorologist1

Sorrento can be reached by the local Circumvesuviana train (Naples's commuter train). From Naples to Sorrento it takes less than an hour. You will pass by Pompei on the way, another great tourist spot. The tickets for the train are very cheap. Naples has two Circumvesuviana train stations: one at the Central train station (Napoli Centrale) and another a few blocks south.

When you get off the train in Sorrento, head straight and then turn left to go to the city center and the beach.

People watching paradise

by sue_stone about Fauno Bar

Fauno is a bar/cafe/restaurant on Piazza Tasso, Sorrento's main square.

It is open all day and into the night and is the perfect place for a snack, a meal, or a drink and some people watching.

The food is good and there is enough on the menu to keep everyone happy Pizza Tonno

Picture-perfect Marina Grande

by goodfish

Marina Grande is right out of one of those gorgeous photos of Italy that enticed you here in the first place. A traditional fishing village that appears virtually untouched by the modern world, it's possibly the best spot in Sorrento to exhaust your camera's memory card. Pastel houses, festooned with the day's laundry, march along a deep azur sea with gently bobbing wooden boats of blue and white. The docks and shore bustle with heavy-muscled fishermen hauling nets and crating up catch. Women with children at their heels make their way home with bags of Crayola-colored red, green and yellow produce from the market. Tourists and locals alike lounge on bathing decks sprouting cheerful umbrellas against the heat of the midday sun.

It's a long, steep walk down - and a longer way back up - from Piazza Tasso but this is not to be missed. I can't quite remember what streets/stairways we took but it was probably from Via Marina Grande. Whatever, just ask - as it's one of Sorrento's star attractions so you won't have trouble finding it!

If you have bad knees, I suggest taking a bus down the hill and back. Line D of the bright orange buses that serve Sorrento proper leave from Pizza Tasso to the marina and back about every 20 minutes.

Sorrento

by aukahkay

"Come back to Sorrento"

Sorrento is a small city in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town overlooks the Bay of Naples, as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints in the city have panoramas of Naples itself, Vesuvius and the isle of Capri.

Ferry boats and hydrofoils provide services to Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri and Ischia. Sorrento's sea cliffs and luxury hotels have attracted famous personalities, including Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti.

Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, an alcoholic digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar.