And then, of course, the last day came anyway. It always does. I had bought myself two extra ones by refusing to leave, and I would have bought a third if the mountains had sold them, but the trip had…
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The Complete Guide to Sorrento
Sorrento is the town that taught me a place can be busy and serene at the same time. It sits on a shelf of tufa cliff above the Bay of Naples, looking straight across the water at Vesuvius, with lemon…
The Best Things to Do in Sorrento
Sorrento is small enough to see in a day and rich enough to reward a week, and the trick is knowing which things genuinely repay your time. It is not a town of blockbuster museums; its pleasures are a square…
Where to Stay in Sorrento
Where you sleep in Sorrento decides the texture of the whole trip, and the first choice is not really price but position: how close to the old town, how high above the sea, how much quiet. Sorrento is compact, so…
A Sorrento Itinerary: 2 to 3 Days
Sorrento rewards a plan that is really an anti-plan: one day for the town, one for the sea, one for the ruins, with long lunches and slow evenings built in. Here is how I would spend two or three days…
Where to Eat and Drink in Sorrento
Sorrento eats well, in the honest, sun-and-sea way of Campania: potato gnocchi baked with tomato and mozzarella, fish pulled from the bay that morning, pasta with clams, and lemons in everything from the pasta to the after-dinner glass. This is…
The Best Time to Visit Sorrento
Sorrento has a season for almost everyone, but the differences between them are real: the same town is a blossom-scented idyll in May, a hot and crowded resort in August, and a shuttered, peaceful village in January. This is my…
The Best Photo Spots in Sorrento
Sorrento is a town built for photographs, and almost all of them are about the same two things: the bay and the light. Vesuvius across the water, the painted boats of the marina, a ravine full of green, a cloister…
Day Trips from Sorrento
The best argument for basing yourself in Sorrento is everything you can reach from it. In under an hour by boat or train you can be on Capri, in Positano, walking Pompeii under Vesuvius, or eating pizza in Naples. This…
Getting to Sorrento and Getting Around
Sorrento is easy to reach once you know the one quirk: the nearest airport is Naples, and the little train that serves the town does not stop there, so you connect through the city. Once you have arrived, you will…
Sorrento – A Diary of Lemons and Light
You smell Sorrento before you see it properly. The train comes down through the tunnels and the lemon terraces, and by the time you step out into the heat there it is, that thick sweet green scent of citrus that…
Dolomites – The Day We Went Up
I had told you I was leaving. I meant it, too. The bags were by the door and the plan was the valley and the train and one last look over my shoulder, and I had even said the goodbyes…
