Sorrento - Our Gateway to the Amalfi Coast

Our journey to Sorrento consisted of a 2-hour car drive to Florence, 4-hour train ride to Naples, and then finally a 1-hour Circumvesuviana train ride to Sorrento. By the time we got there, we were exhausted. So we were pretty happy when we somehow got an apartment (instead of a regular room) at the Hotel Del Corso. It wasn’t fancy but it was bigger than expected with a couch! We both were really excited about having a couch….and the room overlooked one of the main roads of Sorrento.

Since our time was short in Sorrento we literally “forced” ourselves to go see Pompeii. We almost skipped it because we really just wanted to do nothing but it felt wrong to come all this way and not see it. So we went and it was actually pretty cool. We were only there for a couple hours because it started raining and we felt like we saw the main stuff but you really could spend a day there. It’s pretty cool to walk around an actual city that was built over 2000 years ago. The auditorium was our favorite part. I think they have concerts here occasionally….now that is a cool venue!

Sorrento is a great little town set against the Bay of Naples on a cliff. It is full of tiny, cobblestone streets with shops, restaurants, and cafes. We spent one night walking through the streets down to the pier. We stopped at a few restaurants and bars along the way for pizza (sometimes that is the only option!) and Limoncello and watched the World Cup matches. It would have been even more fun if Italy was still playing….but at least we still have Spain! :)