Pasqueta in Sorrento, April 06

From Naples to Sorrento by Train

Sorrento Railway Station and Piazza Giovanni Battista de Curtis

Getting to know the city usually starts from the train station, which is located three hundred meters from the central square of Sorrento, Piazza Torguato Tasso...read more

Lemon Garden and Around

Church of the Madonna of Lourdes (Chiesa della Madonna di Lourdes)

Lemon garden streets

Piazza Tasso

Valley of Mills

Part of the southern border of Tasso Square is the edge of a deep and narrow gorge with almost sheer walls, going towards the sea. This is part of the so-called Valley of Mills (Il Vallone dei Mulini), a natural canyon where the oldest remains of buildings in Sorrento have been discovered...read more

Church of The Madonna of Carmine (Santuario della Madonna del Carmine)

Piazza Sant'Antonino

After walking a block north of Tasso Square along Via Luigi de Maio, you will find yourself in the small triangular square of San Antonino. The western part of the square is formed by the facade of the College of St. Mary...read more

Basilica di Sant'Antonino

Antonino Cacciottolo was born in 555 into a family of farmers, was orphaned early and was accepted into a Benedictine monastery, becoming a monk, sought hermitage and founded a hermitage on Monte Aureo, which eventually became a place of pilgrimage from nearby Sorrento...read more

Foreigner's Club

Observation Deck on Via Luigi de Maio

From Piazza Sant'Antonio begins Via Luigi de Maio, which descends in a bizarre serpentine to the passenger port of Marina Piccola. After walking a hundred steps to the first turn, you will find yourself on a small platform with a stunning view of the Bay of Naples and the shores of the Sorrento Peninsula...read more

Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi (Convento Di San Francesco d'assisi)

Wood Inlay Artwork Collection, Sorrento

The Monastery of St. Francis (Convento Di San Francesco d'Assisi), founded in the eighth century, occupies a large territory, but over time the number of monks here has significantly decreased, so some of the premises are used for musical events and exhibitions...read more

Museum of Musical Mechanisms

In addition to panels and caskets, masters of wooden inlay from Sorrento in the 19th century gained fame as manufacturers of exquisite musical boxes - mechanisms that reproduce melodies from software rollers and discs...read more

Via Vittorio Veneto

Piazza della Vittoria

After walking a block along Via Vittorio Veneto towards Marina Grande, I found myself on one of the best viewing platforms in Sorrento - Piazza della Vittoria (Victory Square). Here you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Bay of Naples, over the waters of which the cone of Vesuvius is blue...read more

Monument to the Fallen

In the center of Victory Square (Piazza della Vittoria) in 1926, a monument was erected in memory of those who died in the First World War (Monumento ai Caduti). At the same time , the square got its name...read more

St. Paul's Church (Chiesa di San Paolo)

Grand Hotel la Favorita

Pasquetta on Piazza della Vittoria

Victory Square is one of the most visited places in Sorrento by tourists, but today it was especially lively here. Despite the fact that today was Monday, there were many families and large companies of young people from local residents. The first day after Easter in Italy is also a holiday and is called Pasquetta...read more

Via Marina Grande

Church Of Santa Anna (Parrocchia Di Sant'anna)

Marina Grande gate (Porta di Marina Grande)

Sorrento. Via Capo

Sorrento. Marina Grande

Sorrento. Marina Grande, view from the Belair hotel's height

Sorrento. Marina Grande Courtyards

Pasqetta's picnic on the beach of Marina Grande

Going to Sorrento on Monday after Easter, I was somewhat surprised by the crowd at the station. After Centrale station (I went from Porta Nolana station) in the wagon was not free places, and after a couple of stops the train was crowded. I completely lost sight of, what this day in Italy also is festive and has the name "Pasquetta"...read more

'Street of walls' Via Sopra le Mura

After finishing my walk around Marina Grande, I headed back to the city center. I never go back the way I came, so instead of following the familiar Via Marine Grande, I turned into a narrow passageway enclosed by high walls of tuff blocks...read more

Sorrento. Piazza Andrea Veniero

Villa Fiorentino

Hereditary artisans and spouses Lucia Cuomo and Antonino Enrico Fiorentino built a family business on the manufacture of linen handkerchiefs with hand embroidery. By the early 30s, they had earned decent money and purchased a plot of land at the end of Coroso Italia to build a villa...read more

Pasquetta on Coroso Italia

Sorrento Panoramic Photos