Sorento - Italy
Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:11 pm
Hi all
looking at staying there for a few days in July and to do a bit of sightseeing i.e Positano etc.
any do's and don'ts ? seems easy to get to by train from Naples airport so any wise words greatly received ( I am told quite expensive when out and about)
cia
looking at staying there for a few days in July and to do a bit of sightseeing i.e Positano etc.
any do's and don'ts ? seems easy to get to by train from Naples airport so any wise words greatly received ( I am told quite expensive when out and about)
cia
Re: Sorento - Italy
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:49 pm
Loved my week there a few years back only advice I can give is make sure you go to the ice cream parlour best ice cream I've ever had.
Enjoy it is a lovely town.
Enjoy it is a lovely town.
Re: Sorento - Italy
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:50 pm
Loved my week there a few years back only advice I can give is make sure you go to the ice cream parlour best ice cream I've ever had.
Enjoy it is a lovely town.
Enjoy it is a lovely town.
Re: Sorento - Italy
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:53 pm
Agreed, when in Naples (which is a shithole in most places) , must try the ICE CREAM and the proper NEAPOLITAN PIZZA in the local backstreet places. 
Blooobirds Forever !!!
Blooobirds Forever !!!
Re: Sorento - Italy
Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:12 pm
I stayed in Positano for a fortnite a few years ago - the surrounding Amalfi Coast is a stunning. Naples is worth a day or two, museums are good but as someone said it is generally not great. Be careful up the top-end (forget the district name), they look for tourist with expensive gear like watches.
Must do's are Pompeii, Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Positano, Capri, Ischea and Ravello. We stayed in Positano and I also hired a car but it stayed in the garage for the entire time as the immediate area are so nice. I wasn't that impressed with Sorrento but its a decent base to get to the other places. Seafood is incredible as all the food is - you cannot get decent Italian food outside of Italy in my experience - I've been about and its excellent here and make sure you eat in the place which is at the top of Ravello, its a small family rustic place, you can't miss it. Pompeii many folks do but miss Herculaneum which is a lesser know but equally interesting City that was destroyed by Vesuvius erupting.
The local booze is Lemoncillo which tastes like medice. Grappa is much better after a meal.
If you eat at night in Positano, there's an art gallery down the bottom near the pier that closes in the evening and a guy puts glass drinks bottles into a frame at the end which you can shoot with an airgun. Very therapeutic if indeed he's still doing it.
Enjoy the trip.
Must do's are Pompeii, Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Positano, Capri, Ischea and Ravello. We stayed in Positano and I also hired a car but it stayed in the garage for the entire time as the immediate area are so nice. I wasn't that impressed with Sorrento but its a decent base to get to the other places. Seafood is incredible as all the food is - you cannot get decent Italian food outside of Italy in my experience - I've been about and its excellent here and make sure you eat in the place which is at the top of Ravello, its a small family rustic place, you can't miss it. Pompeii many folks do but miss Herculaneum which is a lesser know but equally interesting City that was destroyed by Vesuvius erupting.
The local booze is Lemoncillo which tastes like medice. Grappa is much better after a meal.
If you eat at night in Positano, there's an art gallery down the bottom near the pier that closes in the evening and a guy puts glass drinks bottles into a frame at the end which you can shoot with an airgun. Very therapeutic if indeed he's still doing it.
Enjoy the trip.
Re: Sorento - Italy
Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:26 pm
cheers for the comments guys