Sorrento is located about a 90 minute coach ride south of Naples. Once you have escaped the urban sprawl of Naples the winding coast road gives you some beautiful views of the Gulf of Naples on your right whilst all the time the imposing height of Vesuvius is receding behind you.
Sorrento is often regarded at the gateway to the Amalfi Coast. It is a bustling unashamedly tourist dominated Italian town with a population of 20,000 people which is swelled to bursting point in the summer months. Our visit came at the end of August and the first week in September and coincided with the last weekend of the Italian holiday month of August. As such we go to appreciate Sorrento with all its home base and foreign visitors and a slightly quieter Sorrento when it played hoist to mostly English and to a lesser degree German visitors. Other ...
Advantages: Interesting town, great weather, good base to explore the area Disadvantages: Traffic and pollution
views over the bay by day and night. Someone described the quality of service to me as reminiscent of Raffles in Singapore, but not having had the pleasure of that establishment I?ll have to take her word for it. Food is excellent and reasonably priced for lunch and dinner, or you can just drink and socialise, but if you don?t like loud music I would stay clear in the evenings. This advice also applies to choosing a hotel in the vicinity. It?s really loud.
THE PEOPLE
I couldn?t finish this review without mentioning the lovely people of Sorrento. Of course, you occasionally run into one who bucks the trend, but in general I found them to be very welcoming, particularly those who work with the tourists. Hotel and shop staff were very helpful and friendly, and almost without exception had enough English to meet my needs. Attempts ...
thecatsmother 12.12.2003
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Advantages: Great sights, proffesional, good service, clean Disadvantages: Quite expensive
, sausages, croissants, other pastries, and other refreshing food to wake you up for the day. At dinner in the evening, it's a whole different story. It's a menu based service where you chose from a few dishes for an astonishing 4 courses. It was such a change from normal hotels where you don't get to have ordained dinners which i think you need to experience. They served a variety of different dishes, from pasta to steak, to risotto and fish. The food was heaven! The deserts were also very pleasurably yummy as you could have cakes and pastry's with an ice cream buffet. We spent our lunches in other cafes and restaurants situated in Sorrento.
I have to say my experience in Sorrento was pure bliss, everything about it impressed me. The food, scenery, culture, history and the sense of welcoming has really has made look into travelling to ...
One of southern Italy's most highly recommended restaurants, this Relais & Châteaux member occupies a turn-of-the-20th-century faux-Pompeian building adjacent to Santa Maria delle Grazie, the centerpiece of the hamlet of Sant'Agata, perched more than 366m (1,200 ft.) above sea level. The chef/co-owner, Alfonso Iaccarino, makes it a point to hire as many international assistants as possible, many of whom spend a year here. Alfonso's wife, Livia, directs the dining room and maintains the award-winning wine cellars.
