Sorrento
Travel Blogs from Sorrento, Italy
Sorrento and environs
... No wonder this city has a bad reputation. We fled Naples for the shelter of our impeccably clean resort-hostel. Our last day in Sorrento we actually planned on spending a day on the beach, but at 10 euros each, we didn't feel that was very ...
Fiuggi we were picked up by eunice and ...
... clothing boutiques - looking at clothes they would never buy, since they clearly do all their shopping at Marks & Spenser! From Sorrento we also went up to the crater of Mount Vesuvio. We met up with a middle aged couple from Manchester (tourists ...
Italy's finest....
... tourists; would be a nightmare in peak season. Yummy lunch in charming Positano; pretty posh place, lots of flash shops.... Sorrento Tough finding accomodation which was open; found the place we stayed in 15 years ago, but closed for renovations. ...
Sorrento - Hilltops.
From Pompeii it was onto Sorrento, a resort town which gazes out over the Bay of Naples from its steep little perch on the cliffs. We stayed in tents in a campground high on a hill. We all had a meal together in a lovely restaurant down in the centre of ...
Another Scooter fix
... , the road opened out to wind through the mountain villages around the peninsula. At one point we had views of all three sides: Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri. We stopped at one tiny village café and had the worst coffee ever then went down into Sorrento and ...
Exploring the Lost City and Chilling with the Pope
The last two days were spent in Naples and Vatican city. We went to Pompei first and looked at ruins of the lost city. Pompeii has miles of ruins followed by even more miles of what looks the Wisconsin Dells. There are a lot of tourist traps and ...
Train to Sorrento
Sorrento is a gorgeous town on the coast. It's the jumping off point for the island of Capri, and it's just north of the Amalfi Coast. We stayed in a camp ground with a view of the bay. The view was beautiful, the food in town was ...
Sorrento
... to spend the next day having a rest day. We set the tent up and then chilled by the pool for a bit before wandering around Sorrento, not the best town I have been to, but still nice. The other disappointing thing was that the camp site was meant to be ...
Isle of Capri
... limestone island rising out of the ocean with sheer cliffs bordering most of its coastline and covered with lush vegetation similar to Sorrento. It is a Geologist's dream of a day trip! 'Jerry', an elderly and eccentric local of Capri, was searching for ...
Sunday in Sorrento
... we believed that we were stepping back in time. Today we visited Pompeii and immediately after we entered, realized that Sorrento is modern in comparison. The ruins were intriguing and innovative. We woke rather early, Brandon was quite ...
Sorrentine Bliss
... queen terrace suite at the top of a three level staircase that could be from a movie. We have an enormous terrace overlooking Sorrento, the Bay of Naples, and Mt. Vesuvius. There are doors or windows on every wall. They have heavy wooden ...
Delicious Potato Pillows
We had cooking lessons this evening with Andrea and Valerio. The menu included zuchinni parmesiana, gnocchi, and tiramisu. The gnocchi turned out like little potato pillows. Yum. Also drank Valerio's homemade limoncello, also ...
Sweet Sorrento
... everybody parks along the sides to get down to the beach, which then makes the roads even narrower. By the time we got to Sorrento, George and I were mentally exhausted from the trip. We both had to have our eyes glued to the road the whole time, which ...
Celebrating "equator" (=1/2 way&time) of the trip!
... with Tatiana, who happened to be visiting me during that time, but also I decided that I deserve a break to stay in beautiful Sorrento for a few nights in a nice B&B all cared for and with all the luggage unpacked for a change! From here I’ve ...
Cruising through the Amalfi Coast
... we left Rome with two days to spare, decided to make a pit stop in Naples for some pizza and then take in a couple days in Sorrento along the Amalfi Coast. I don't know if any of you have stopped in Naples, but in place of a "sparkling city nestled on the ...
We are back!
Hello everyone, WE ARE BACK! After a LONG flight, we landed in Melbourne on the 19th of September. Life has gone back to how it was before but the memories of our amazing holiday will be with us forever! Apologies for not having done any entries in ...
Market Day
They hold a market on a monday morning so we went for a look around it was just like warrington market really with nothing that exciting so we got on the metro to the next town called Piano. Teenage girls are the same in every country I have ...
Movng south
... to!! We caught our trianin ROma heading suoth to Naplses. After ome late night work on th web we found a very ice hote in Sorrento which is wheree we wanted to go. Thetrain to Naples wsas eyr nice and when we reached Naples we we changed trains to ...
Sorrento is pretty cool
... of many train rides and a majority of the area I went thru was scattered with little farming towns and wonderful landscape. I arrived in Sorrento and acquainted myself with the town. It is very touristy, but my room is only $20 per night. I just ...
The long and winding road
... be shipped, and we were in a hurry as Francesco was waiting, so we decided not to make a rushed decision. Interestingly, back in Sorrento similar items cost 3 or 4 times more. It was our last night in Sorrento, so we walked to a fish/seafood restaurant ...
Back to real world and into the furnace
Hello...we are now in Sorrento, Italy. We haven't been able to blog for a week so lots to tell. It has been a phenomenal week...so much contrast and, as usual, many funny and humorous things that only seem to happen to us. Last Sunday we went to an ...
Day 24: Sorrento, A man named Alphonso
Today we went to the Isle of Capri. It is a short (but stunning) boat ride from Sorrento. Capri has basically been a resort town since the Roman days. We opted out of the contiki walking tour and decided to explore on our own today. We really wanted to ...
First day of relaxation...
... choices and splurges in our hotel choices), then went back to lay in bed with our view of the Naples bay, coastline, downtown Sorrento a bit away, and have the fresh sea air come in. I think that is when I realized Steve would just be happy doing that ...
Over the sea on the island of dreams
Monday morning we woke to rain lashing against the windows and mist clinging to the hills. It was quite cosy really, all steamed up inside the breakfast room, looking out at the terrace as we sipped our third cup of coffee and decided whether to have ...
Sorrento, Capri, and Pompei
... because there were so many vineyards and lemon trees everywhere. Then we hung out on the beach, ate gelato, and headed back to Sorrento on a much bumpier boat ride than we had on the way there. We went into town for dinner (had some really good ...
Beautiful part of Italy just a crazy drive there
... . People warned us in hushed tones not to drive in "Napoli, because they are crayzee". We explored the beautiful coastline around Sorrento, Amalfi and Portofino - We did a day trip to Amalfi which saw Stu dropping us at the Lido and returning 2 HOURS ...
Finally, a meal we couldn't finish
Hidden in a narrow side street, Inn Buffalito Ristaurante served traditional regional fare, and it was filled with locals and tourists alike. Our server was Michael Pearl, whom we have seen on five separate occasions since we arrived. Ellen and ...
Sorrento
... a nice roof terrace and a gorgeous view of Mount Vesuvius, and a shuttle bus to ferry us in and out of town. In Sorrento for 6 nights so plenty of time for relaxing and enjoying the sun. After a couple of days exploring, we took the circumvesuviana to ...
Please share my umbrella
... people on the bus were using their umbrellas to keep the sun off their faces! We had great views from the top deck, over Sorrento and out to sea. There were cruise ships anchored in the harbour; Capri looked close enough to touch; we could have picked ...


