Sorrento - 24th to 26th of April 2008

Sorrento is supposedly a 90 minute train ride south from Naples. Or, if the trains are on strike like they were on the 24th of April, its a 20 minute bus ride to the port (basically back to our hostel), followed by a bumpy hour ferry, leaving both of us pretty queasy by the time we got to Sorrento.

Thankfully it was all worth it. Sorrento is a pretty town set on top of the cliffs looking west back towards Naples, which made for some great leisurely strolls through the streets and awesome sunsets.




The full day between our two nights in Sorrento was spent at Pompeii (30mins train back towards Naples), arguably one of the highlights of the tour to date. Pompeii is the site of a small town that was buried following the Mt Vesuvius eruption in 79AD. They have escavated 80% of the town and strolling through the streets you can truly picture it being a living breathing town. It is absolutely mindblowing.