Arrival
We caught a morning Trenitalia regional train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale. From Naples, we changed trains (and lines) to a Circumventia train to Sorrento. The Circumventia station is located below the main level in Napoli Centrale; there are plenty of signs pointing you in the right direction.

Relais Francesca
This is a bed and breakfast outside of the city of Sorrento, in a town called Piano di Sorrento (east of Sorrento). While staying in Sorrento might have been a little more convenient, we were quite happy with this. The hotel itself is close to the train station in Piano (Sorrento is a 5-minute, 1.10 euro ride away) and also close to the town square.

The room we stayed in was quite nice; it overlooked the rear of the hotel, complete with lemon trees and a roof filled with stray cats.


The room was spacious and included a fridge. Staff were helpful and most spoke English fairly well. Breakfast was decent; a buffet of breads, croissants, meats, and cheeses. All for 59 euro a night - a terrific price for this place.

Relax and Enjoy the View

After getting some lunch in at a restaurant in town, we made the bold decision to walk from our hotel into downtown Sorrento after being told it was only a couple kilometers away. Not a great idea. We walked along the main, traffic-heavy street, and it seemed a heck of a lot longer than 2 kilometers. We learned quickly to take the train (no matter how inconvenient).

Once there, we didn't go to any actual "sites" in Sorrento (and, frankly, there are very few anyway). What we did get to see were a number of fantastic views of the coast; the city is built on a cliff, so there are a heck of a lot of places to get great views of the Bay of Naples.



There is also a neat shopping district here; Via San Cesareo is a pedestrian-only street filled with shops and limoncello stores. It was fun just to walk through and look at everything. That's pretty much how we spent our evening, catching the views when we could and doing some window shopping.

For dinner, we came back to Piano di Sorrento and ate at the same restaurant that we did for lunch. To our surprise, the town was having some sort of festival - there was a big stage set up and we got to listen to some fantastic Italian music.


To see all of our Sorrento pictures, go to our Picasa Web Album.