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Holidays to Sorrento
La dolce vita in Italy's sophisticated south
If you can picture bountiful boughs bowed by lemons and peaceful piazzas overlooking the beautiful Bay of Naples, then Sorrento holidays are just around the corner.
This southern Italian icon has long been regarded as the essence of la dolce vita. It’s somewhere to sit and stare with a limoncello after enjoying a steaming bowlful of spaghetti alle vongole. If you’re feeling active, and downright fabulous, you can set sail to the island of Capri and indulge in a day rubbing shoulder pads with southern Italy’s glitterati. Alternatively, you can explore in the ancient excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum or delve into the deliciously dark backstreets of Naples.
Also, as the Amalfi Coast is just around the bend, it would be rude not to take a bus ride from Positano to Ravello just so you can say that you’ve seen one of Europe’s most scenic - and hair raising – stretches, and lived to tell the tale.
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Highlights of a Sorrento holiday
A holiday to Sorrento offers fascinating ancient ruins, beautiful coastal towns and delicious food and drink.
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If Florence is Italy’s prettiest daughter, Naples is its dark and interesting older brother. This is a city that sings to the soul from the Piazza del Plebiscito and where around every corner you’ll find the original birthplace of the Margarita pizza. With an expansive history that stretches back to the early Greek sailors, and Caravaggio, to an exquisite arrangement of ecclesiastical architecture, including the San Francesco di Paola Basilica and the Cappella Sansevero, nothing compares to notorious Naples.
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Key Sorrento travel information
Sorrento is in southern Italy, in the Campania region on Italy's west coast. The Sorrentine Peninsula overlooks the Bay of Naples to the north and the Amalfi Coast to the south.
No, Sorrento is on the Sorrentine Peninsula, just north of the Amalfi Coast. It's very easy to get from Sorrento to the Amalfi Coast and both destinations can often be visited as part of the same tour.
Direct flights from the UK to Naples take just under three hours.
Naples International Airport (NAP) is the closest airport to Sorrento
Sorrento is just an hour ahead of the UK.
GB passport holders don’t require a visa for visiting Sorrento unless they’re staying longer than 90 days. Visit GOV.UK for more advice about entry requirements to Italy or, alternatively, visit CIBT visas for more information.
Summers in Sorrento are simply sublime with lots of sunshine and sea breeze creating an abundance of overhanging lemons. However, be warned, it can get very busy during July and August. The best time to go is either side of summer when the weather’s not too hot and the locals are far less stressed.
Italian is spoken in Sorrento. English is also widely spoken, especially in and around the restaurants and resorts close to the town centre.
Pompeii is about 16 miles from Sorrento and easily accessible, with trains between the two taking only half an hour.
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