Sorrento is on a tuff rock over the sea and dominates the horizon. On the top of the rock, the green shadows of vegetation mix with the colours of the town of Sorrento. For ancient people, Sorrento and Sorrento Coast were the land of mythical creatures, called mermaids. Maybe the name of the town, Sorrento, comes from the word "sirenide". The indented coast is made of hidden creeks; rocks; beaches and this landscape frightened mariners in the past. Today these variegated coast is the resource of Sorrento because tourists love it. From Sorrento you can admire the isle of Capri, Ischia and the whole Gulf of Naples. The ancient part of the town still keeps its most ancient features and the Roman sign; there are still the walls built in 1500. Among the most interesting treasures of Sorrento, there is Piazza Tasso, the cathedral (of XV century), the church dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi (with a beautiful XIV century cloister with Arabian features); Correale Museum, with its Greek and Roman objects, porcelains from Capodimonte, paintings. The small and picturesque village of anglers in Marina Grande surely deserves a visit. Sorrento is famous all over the world thanks to the popular song Torna a Surriento and Italian and foreign tourists do love it. Accommodation in Sorrento is comfortable and easy; in Sorrento you can choose the solution you need: a hotel, a bed and breakfast, a residence, or a room. Gastronomy is a great resource, thanks to the presence of typical restaurants and pizzerias, to typical products, such as limoncello, cheeses, pasta, and much more. Salami are delicious and are seasoned with orange peel. If you like wines, you should visit the local producers, where you will taste quality and tasty wines. They are perfect for a typical meal: 'gnocchi alla sorrentina', 'spaghetti alla sorrentina', fish. Sorrento is the main town of Penisola Sorrentina, a territory whose great resource is natural beauty. Penisola Sorrentina includes also other towns, such as Vico Equense (the sea is crystalline and there is an interesting museum dedicated to minerals); Massa Lubrense, with its picturesque hamlets, such as Nerano and Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi (between the two gulfs, Naples and Salerno); Punta Campanella, a beautiful marine reserve; Castellammare di Stabia is famous for the thermal baths and for excavations (together with Pompeii and Ercolano); Piano di Sorrento has beautiful tuff palaces; Sant'Agnello is a picturesque territory whose main products are citruses; Meta di Sorrento has a precious basilica dedicated to Madonna del Lauro. The inner part of the territory is interesting, too: for example Agerola; Pimonte, the village situated "apud montes"; Lettere; Gragnano famous for its most typical product, pasta. Sorrento has a strategic geographic position, not far from the most interesting towns and tourist places of Campania. Amalfi Coast is part of the same peninsula but it is on the Gulf of Salerno. So staying in Sorrento means the possibility to reach easily the famous towns of Amalfi Coast, for example the town of fashion, Positano; the town of music, Ravello, and the wonderful Amalfi. But also the other towns of Amalfi Coast are not far from Sorrento Coast, for example Praiano, Furore, Conca dei Marini, Minori, and Maiori. The excavations of Pompeii and Cilento Coast can be easily reached, too.
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