Sorrento Coast and its Surroundings

Visiting Sorrento and its sorroundings

Sorrento is a longed-for tourist destination which boasts millions of visitors every year. Its strategic location allows, all those who decide to spend a holiday in Sorrento, to visit its surroundings including as famous and enchanting tourist resorts as it, as Amalfi Coast, Gulf of Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, the Vesuvius

Capri
Famous all over the world for the extraordinary beauty of its landscape, its crystal-clear waters and its gastronomy, the island of Capri can be easily reached from several harbours on Sorrento Coast thanks to the service of hydrofoils and ferries which leave numerous all day long.

Amalfi Coast
Amalfi Coast can be reached from Sorrento thanks to a bus service. Enchanting and characteristic, the “divine Coast”, as it is called, includes renowned tourist resorts drawing visitors from all over the world.
Among the most famous towns, Positano, Amalfi and Ravello.

Pompeii
Pompeii was half-destroyed and covered by the eruption of the Volcano Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and forgotten for years. The excavations began in the 18th century and brought gradually to the
discovering of the fabulous villas with frescos preserved in the course of time, an amphitheatre and so much more to prove the prosperity of this town in the past. Pompeii draws numerous visitors in search of what remains of the old splendours of the Roman Empire.

Herculaneum
Half-destroyed and covered by the eruption of the Volcano Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., Herculaneum was submerged by a flow of lava which turned into soft tuff, being thus able to preserve a lot of frescos and objects which can still be seen today. A part of the old Herculaneum is, still today, submerged, by the excavations which are still going on.

Hotel del Mare - Temple of Poseidon in Paestum

Paestum
Located east to Salerno, Paestum offers its visitors its four temples and and its walls wonderfully preserved. To be visited are also the Temple of Poseidon (Neptune) and the Basilica as of the 6th century, risen on the ruins of the temple consecrated to Hera (the main goddess of Pompeii).

Naples
Naples, bright and coloured, is a city rich in history, palaces, museums and monuments which testify the splendours of its past. The National Museum has been enriched, in the course of years, with many finds coming from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Sorrento Hills
Sorrento offers its visitors a natural setting immersed in the green. A walk across Sorrento hills allows to admire breathtaking panoramic views of Sorrento Coast and to enjoy some fine air and relaxation.
Numerous are also the itineraries of local farmhouses where it is possible to taste just produced cheese and mozzarella cheese.

Sorrento Musical
A date not to be missed during a holiday in Sorrento Musical is an incredible journey through the centuries from 1558 to the present day. The performance concerns the most important issues of Sorrento history and of the Kingdom of Naples in the last 500 years: the Saracens’ landing, the Revolt of Masaniello, the War, the whole surrounded by colours and cheerfulness.