2 days in Sorrento

Day by day

1. Day 1: Piazza Tasso and Vallone dei Mulini

   Piazza Tasso, Vallone dei Mulini, Villa Comunale and Cloister of San Francesco, then Via San Cesareo in the evening.

   1. Morning

      Piazza Tasso

      Cafés ring the square, Corso Italia runs through it and the road down to Marina Piccola starts here.

   2. Late morning

      Vallone dei Mulini

      It cannot be entered, but the railing on Via Fuorimura gives a clear view down.

   3. Lunch

      Lunch: Gnocchi alla sorrentina

      Trattorias across the old town and Marina Grande; it usually arrives in its own small terracotta dish.

   4. Afternoon

      Villa Comunale

      A public lift and steps lead down from here to Marina Piccola and the bathing platforms below.

   5. Late afternoon

      Cloister of San Francesco

      It is a popular wedding venue and hosts summer concerts.

   6. Evening

      Via San Cesareo

      Many shops offer limoncello tastings; compare a few before buying.

2. Day 2: Sorrento Cathedral and Museobottega della Tarsia Lignea

   Sorrento Cathedral, Museobottega della Tarsia Lignea, Sedile Dominova and Basilica of Sant'Antonino, then Piazza Tasso and Corso Italia in the evening.

   1. Morning

      Sorrento Cathedral

      The cathedral of Saints Philip and James on Corso Italia has a 20th-century neo-Gothic façade on a much older church, a separate bell tower standing on an open arch, and inside, wooden choir stalls and stations of the cross in the local inlaid-wood craft.

   2. Late morning

      Museobottega della Tarsia Lignea

      Sorrento's inlaid-wood tradition, intarsia, is shown in the 18th-century Palazzo Pomarici Santomasi, with 19th-century furniture, boxes and panels made in local workshops alongside paintings and prints of the old town.

   3. Lunch

      Lunch: Limoncello

      Restaurants offer it as a digestif; shops on Via San Cesareo and lemon-grove visits offer tastings.

   4. Afternoon

      Sedile Dominova

      Today it is home to a workers' society, and old men often play cards inside.

   5. Late afternoon

      Basilica of Sant'Antonino

      Legend says Antonino rescued a child from a whale, and whale bones hang near the entrance.

   6. Evening

      Piazza Tasso and Corso Italia

      Café terraces, cocktail bars and the evening passeggiata on the pedestrianised stretches of Corso Italia.

Before you go

If it rains

• Swap in Museo Correale di Terranova (Marina Piccola and the port): Save it for a hot afternoon or a rainy day, and finish at the garden belvedere.

Where to stay for this itinerary

Pace and daylight

The sights in this plan add up to roughly 5–5 hours of visiting over 2 days, before meals and getting between them. Daylight runs from about 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June, so in winter start early and keep museums for the afternoon.

Getting between stops: Walking. Piazza Tasso, Corso Italia, the old-town lanes and the Villa Comunale are all within about 10 minutes of each other; lifts and stairways link the centre to the marinas.

More or fewer days

• One day in Sorrento
• 3 days in Sorrento
• 5 days in Sorrento

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