sorrento

What Do You Do There? Two wonderful weeks in Massa Lubrense By caplanco from colorado, Spring 2003 We try to spend five to seven weeks in Italy every two years. Several of our friends, while somewhat envious, are also curious. “What do you do there for all that time,” they ask? “We just live,”...

By Earline from Tennessee, Spring 2006 March 16 through April 6, 2006. Mother and daughter share brain-frying intensive Italian language course in Florence for two weeks, then on to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast for some R&R. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. Before I Get Too...

AMALFI COAST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS Italy’s beautiful Amalfi Coast is one of the most visited areas of the country, not just by Italians but also by persons from all over the world. The area also has a very extended tourist season: from April (or Easter) to the end of October. Driving is...

A very common question is how to most efficiently travel from Rome to Sorrento or towns along the Amalfi Coast without spending around 400 Euros for a private transfer. Here I will lay out the alternatives, some of which are seasonal, others year-round. But I will start out from Rome FCO...

This month we profile Summer in Italy, an Italian-owned vacation rental agency that serves a mostly English-speaking clientele. They are best known for their wide selection of rentals in southern Italy, along the popular Amalfi Coast and the lesser-known Cilento Coast further south, making them...

In celebration of my retirement at the end of June, we are headed back to Italy in early April..... a little more than a week away! This time each of my three children, son-in-law, my son's girl friend and my grandson will join us in southern Italy. We'll start with 5 days in Rome before...

My sister is a flight attendant so I was her buddy pass, and it saves lots of money if you can get on the flights you desire. Big IF! We started out at O'Hare in Chicago intending to take a 10am to New York and then Rome from there. We saw right away that this and the next flight were full, so I...

My two relatively new knees were the determining factor in choosing an apartment in Sorrento over Positano, but I still want to do day trips to Ravello, Positano and Amalfi. I'm sure we'll also bus to Pompeii and/or Herculaneum, perhaps ferry to Capri. Question 1. Weighing whether to hire a...