SOR: Sorrento, Italy
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Where to stay: Sorrento
Overlooking the Bay of Naples, Sorrento is a popular & convenient destination in the Amalfi Coast. The Circumvesuviana Rail Line gives direct access to Naples. Porto di Sorrento and private ports offer a great deal of day trips to Capri, Positano and Amalfi. Sorrento’s charming coastal experience is enhanced by its Old Town magic & exceptional cuisine.

• Grand Hotel la Favorita (📷)
• Hotel Bellevue Syrene
• B&B Suites Sorrento Elegance

WHERE TO EAT & DRINK:

• Pasticceria Mimi
  Suggestion: cornetti & a coffee
• A’Marenna
  Suggestion: paninos
• Treccia di Apreda
  Suggestion: a great deli to pick up various types of local meats & cheeses.
• Semola
  Suggestions: scarpetta (sopping up all the sauce left on your plate with bread) ragu Bolognese, spaghettone alla Nerano (adored by Stanley Tucci, made with fried zucchini and Provolone)
• Antonio Esposito – Pizza e Cucina
  Suggestions: Margherita pizza & Dop pizza fritte (fried pizza)
• O’Puledrone
  Suggestions: spaghetti alle vongole, zuppa di cozze, frito di paranza

• Soul & Fish
  Suggestions: tonno croccante, crudo di pesce, pesce del giorno & pair it with a Fiano, a local grape of Campania.
• Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, Grand Hotel la Favorita & Hotel Bellevue Syrene
  Suggestion: sunset & drinks
• Fauno Bar
  Suggestion: Aperol Spritz & people watch
• Raki & Gelateria Primavera for an evening gelato while walking

BONUS: Amalfi Coast

• Pasticceria Andrea Pansa (Amalfi)
  Suggestions: sfogliatella frolla & an espresso
• Marvi Gelato (Amalfi)
  Suggestion: lemon sorbet
• Le Tre Sorelle (Positano)
  Suggestions: fritto di alici (fried anchovies), cozze al scelta & an Aperol Spritz
• Salumeri da Aldo (Capri)
  Suggestions: paninos

Note: last visited & revised in June 2023.