Destination guide
Sorrento
Italy
Sorrento is in Campania. The town features beautiful architecture, many cafes and restaurants, and shops catering to tourists.
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Sorrento works best as a base, not a destination: Pompeii, Vesuvius, Naples, Capri ferries and the Amalfi Coast bus are all within about 45 minutes.
Order gnocchi alla sorrentina — gnocchi baked in tomato and fior di latte mozzarella — and eat seafood down at Marina Grande, where the day's catch lands and the simplest trattorie beat the Corso Italia tourist menus.
Limoncello shops all offer free tastings and stock oddball flavours — sample before you commit, and note that the local sfusato lemons are the size of grapefruit.
Unlike Positano or Amalfi, Sorrento's centre is flat and largely pedestrianized, so you can actually walk everywhere without a stair workout.
Go May to mid-July or September to October; August turns the Corso Italia into a slow-moving crowd and ferry queues balloon.
Violent crime is negligible but pickpocketing is real on the packed Circumvesuviana train and in Piazza Tasso — keep bags zipped and in front of you.
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Best time to go
Best window: February–August and October
November is the month to avoid — very heavy rain. The window below is when it is genuinely pleasant.
Rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at this destination, via Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis. Hover a month for its real numbers.
Getting around
Getting around
After you arrive by bus or train, you will exit to the modern park . From there, you can: Local buses - the local bus service is good enough to visit all interesting places available in the area. Scooter hire companies charge about €20 per day.
Transport notes from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What to see
Museum of the Inlaid Wood
Via San Nicola 28
A collection of local applied arts. The collection includes furniture crafted through the 20th century, and modern design.
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Piazza Torquato Tasso
Sorrento's main piazza, connected to Piazza Lauro by Corso Italia. Walk a few meters up Viale Enrico Caruso to enjoy the view over the railing down to:
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Church of San Francesco
Its cloister dates from 1300. It is one of the most picturesque spots in town.
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Valley of the Mills
in the gorge below Piazza Tasso.
At the bottom of the gorge, there are ruins of one of a water-powered mills with a lumberyard adjacent.
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Sedil Dominova
The former gathering place for Sorrento's high society, and now the headquarters of the Società di Mutuo Soccorso.
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Hotel Tramontano
Place where Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen lived while writing parts of Peer Gynt (1867) and Ghosts (1881).
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What to do
Sorrento Bike
Viale Nizza 37
Rent a bike and ride out of to see the coast from above. They rent helmet, bottle, saddle bag and padlock. They can deliver and pick up the bike to your hotel, or wherever you wish. On-line reservations.
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What to eat
Places are listed from Wikivoyage and our own sourced research. Worth it means a second, independent source names the place too; “3 sources agree” means three or more do — and each card names them, so you can check.
O'Parrucchiano La Favorita
Worth itAlso recommended by Gambero Rosso
Founded 1868 — the birthplace of cannelloni alla sorrentina, still served in a greenhouse-like dining room.
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Il Buco
Worth itAlso recommended by Michelin Guide
A Michelin-starred kitchen in a 16th-century monastery wine cellar, reworking Sorrento Coast classics.
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Lo Stuzzichino
Worth itAlso recommended by Slow Food Osterie d'Italia
An osteria on the peninsula recognised by Slow Food for territorial cooking from rigorously chosen local produce.
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Il Leone Rosso
Via Marziale 25
Il Leone Rosso is a small, cheap, and surprisingly delicious restaurant, known for catering to tour groups. Traditional limoncello is served after meals.
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Di Leva
Via Marina Grande 31
Run by five sisters, it has excellent seafood, especially the spaghetti alla frutti di mare. And Sophia Lauren ate here in 2004.
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Gelateria Davide
Via Padre Reginaldo Giuliani 41
One of the best gelaterias in the city, this little ice-cream parlour is famous for its gelato that incorporates fresh local flavours. Don't miss the Profumi di Sorrento (with fresh local citrus fruits) or the Noci di Sorrento (with fresh…
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Pizzeria Da Franco
Corso Italia 265
pizzas, hot sandwiches, beer, wine, limoncello.
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Where to stay
La Terrazza Family Holidays
Sant'Agnello
Large vacation rental of 150 m² for up to 10 guests, with 3 bedrooms, a large living-kitchen, 3 bathrooms, an equipped rooftop sun terrace, parking for 3 cars in a reserved area, free Wi-Fi broadband, air conditioning and heating…
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Hotel Nice Sorrento
Corso Italia, 257· Expensive
Cheap accommodations with good hospitality and services. The staff are available for any kind of reservations. Large selection of guestrooms and rates, divided in double, triple and quadruple, standard and economy.
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Hotel Desirèe
Ten minutes by foot from the city centre· Expensive
Sweet old hotel perched on the edge of a cliff. Some rooms have great views of the sea; others don't. Rooms are small but clean and rates include a light breakfast - highlight is friendly, knowledgeable staff.
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B&B Il Giglio Bianco
Via Parsano, 25
A tranquil place, with large and airy rooms all furnished in modern style with balconies overlooking citrus plants.
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B&B Casa Mazzola
Via Nastro D'Argento 35
Features a beautiful panoramic view of Sorrento coast line; breakfast included.
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Casa Gilda
In Marina Grande
One of the few houses in town that's directly on the sea.
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