Vesuvio Sorrento

... . By late afternoon we arrived at Naples for the last train switch - and the 34 stops of the Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento. I remember the Circumvesuviana well. Last time I travelled it 4 years ago, someone threw up on my backpack, two stops into ...

... ; plus the town itself had some quite breathtaking views all over the place, as well as panoramic views of Ischia, Napoli and Vesuvio. Sorrento had quite a relaxed mood about it due to the high number of tourists which must keep the town alive, but the ...

Arrived Monday afternoon, traffic in Sorrento was a nightmare, full of scooters and crazy drivers, took an 90 mons to get from Naples to Sorrento. Hotel ok, good points and bad points, eg pool towel is to last you all week and if you need it washing you ...

... Amalfi coast) you must go through Naples and then take what Rick Steves would call the most crime ridden train (called the Circum Vesuvio) to Sorrento. Well, Rick was right. Me and the hens were on high alert. As we came from Orvieto into Naples a highly ...

... 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 typical of this area) and took ...

... were nowhere to be found in italy, and that americans had taken over as the travel-infesters. well that all changed in sorrento, capped by the lovely contiki tour bus keeping me up all night. anyways... the train from roma to napoli started off well, ...

... I just kept saying how they probably just didn’t want us on there (haha) and how weird because I know that yellow goes to Sorrento, Blue goes to blah blah blah and the other one goes to blah blah blah…I asked Mel a few questions and she just ...

... bajamos desde Roma hasta Nápoles en una de las compańías de servicio interprovincial de trenes, desde donde nos dirigimos a Sorrento para seguir nuestra exploración hacia la costa Amalfitana, la costa Oeste de Italia.  El precio de los ...

... us as we saw it in the off season so it was really quiet, no queues and no crowds, just beautiful. We ended the day with a ferry ride to Sorrento then a train back to Naples,thereby travelling in a full circle. What a great 2 days we had in ...

... pictures and they are so interesting. There are pictures of what looks like sculptures. But they are real people because when the Vesuvio erupted, the ash suffocated so many people and left these. It's just...there's no word for how surreal that is. To ...

... to go on to the next stop, but the bus wasn't going anywhere! Hey, it's Italy! A respite for more pastries and gelati in Sorrento, and the now standard lie-down before dinner. We found a bookshop with English books on the way back, so Kate had a new ...

... were nowhere to be found in italy, and that americans had taken over as the travel-infesters. well that all changed in sorrento, capped by the lovely contiki tour bus keeping me up all night. anyways... the train from roma to napoli started off well, ...

... of hours looking around POmpeii Rall had had enough and we got back on the train to head somewhere different. We went to Sorrento, which is a resort town on the Amalfi Coast that overlooks the Bay of Naples. It was really nice and had massive houses on ...

... waiting another half an hour before Darren assertively suggested it was time to get going and bad luck to the tourists from Sorrento we were all apparently waiting for. The bus headed off through the unbelievably chaotic traffic and up the volcano to ...

Today was amazing, it is wonderful how everything worked out. This morning I went to Sorrento to get some money changed.. for some reason they have the best exchange rates i've seen. I walked down to the beach which is a long way down a cliff using ...