Despite being surrounded by groves of bitter lemons, Sorrento is one of Italy’s sweetest cities. Red-roofed buildings, balconied apartments and yawning piazzas characterise the centre of town. Elsewhere, the waterfront is defined by 2 sand and shingle beaches and the fishing boats that pogo on the waves, not far from the shore.
Duck into Villa Comunale Park. It’s the largest park in Sorrento and it serves up the sort of views of the Amalfi coast that guidebook writers use to illustrate their articles.
From the Circumevesuviana station, a few metres south east of Piazza Tasso, you can catch the train to the historical city of Pompeii, which was deluged by ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
If you catch the ferry from Sorrento, you can be in Capri in under an hour. The life lived on this island is high and shopping and fine dining top most people’s priority lists.