Sorrento Palace

... Krumlov,Salzburg Ice Caves,Mountain Cows,Sienna Singing,Roman Camping,Blue Grottos,Sorrento,Italian boys,Paragliding Interlaken,Car Crash on Corfu, Pink Palace,Greek Island nights,Amsterdam Dayz,Intrepid Touring,Electric Shocks,Squat Toilets, Thai ...

... Sorrento we spent our second afternoon exploring the town.  With its expensive shops, and cute side streets with cheap souvenirs Sorrento is a walkers paradise. Today we headed out earlier for a tour of Capri.  After only 20 mins on the boat ...

... whole way ' about 45 minutes. The scenery was beautiful along the Bay of Naples with Mt. Vesuvius on the other side. We arrived in Sorrento ' more stairs to navigate and found a taxi to take us to the Hilton. Arrived at the Hilton ' some kind of huge ...

...  OK, so we were supposed to stay at the Grand Paradiso, however they had a mix up and we are now at the Majestic Palace. It is an incredible place surrounded by Orange and Lemon groves. We have a great room over looking all the groves, the city and ...

... ships leaving for Capri. Local Transportation in Sorrento There are trains that leave twice an hour and travel between Sorrento, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Naples. Ferries and hydrofoils run between Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri, and Naples. Buses travel to ...

... across to Massa Lubrense. We enjoyed a yummy gelato there and then headed back to Capri before catching the ferry back to Sorrento.  So another wonderful day, and fingers crossed the weather and the trains will be on our side for Pompeii ...

... and filling.  Dont worry, we also walked quite a bit so we arent all getting fat.  After Pompei we drove to Sorrento and checked into our hotel.  Most of the girls walked to the beach, but quickly returned to swim in the swimming ...

... maybe a week in Sorrento where we will visit Pompeii, Capri, the Amalfi coast and of course to celebrate Thanksgiving. We arrived in Sorrento a couple days ago and were lucky enough to find an Irish bar run by n extremely jovial Italian couple. All of us ...

... more than an hour south of Naples which you get to by taking this shady graffiti-covered commuter train called the Circumvesuviana. Sorrento is the last stop, so by the time we got there it was mostly tourists with luggage getting off the train. But ...

... , the bus makes the return journey to the hotel just in time to catch the 1815 hotel courtesy bus down the hill to Sorrento. Just to the West of Sorrento lies the old fishing town, apparently built outside the city walls so that the fishermen could go out ...

... is covered with purple and yellow flowers, which gives it a very natural feel, much different from the touristy atmosphere of Sorrento.  After finding the geocache up near the top (and getting some great pics), I rode the chairlift back down to ...

... 12 other people from our program. The train to Naples was about 3 hours and after we arrived we hopped on a local train to Sorrento, which was about another hour. We checked into a small bed and breakfast in the middle of Sorrento and were off to explore ...

... beach that it is on was so inviting.  I'm glad my ancestors had such good taste.  Brent and I continued on to Sorrento and checked into a campground for a few days. The town was quiet and was great for relaxing and enjoying pizzas and ...

... to Capri, and the day just kept getting better and better. Philip and the others took off to explore the ruins of Tiberius's Palace and I just went walking and lost myself in paths that backed onto the beautiful back gardens of the private villas. It was ...

12 September 2007 - Wednesday (Mercoledi) - Day 11- Sorrento/Pompeii/Naples - to Rome  Pompeii Today after breakfast we headed to Pompeii.  We all know the story.  Twenty two feet of ash covered this entire civilization and ...

Day 10: MONTECATINI–FLORENCE–SORRENTO. Friday 8 July Don't miss the included walking tour of Florence with a Local Guide, featuring most of the city highlights. In the afternoon, travel south on the Autostrada del Sole through the sunlit ...

...   July 23, 2008 This morning we arrived in Naples, Italy. We have signed up for a four day guided tour that included Capri, Sorrento, Rome and Naples, of course. Our first stop was Capri. Capri is an island across the bay of Naples, and only a 30 ...