Lady’s Itinerary for 3 Days in Sorrento

Today I want to bring you my itinerary for spending 3 days in Sorrento, Italy. This seaside town on the Bay of Naples is perched on a cliff overlooking a marina. It’s a great place to stay on the Amalfi Coast.

3 Days in Sorrento

The Amalfi Coast has been on my list of places to visit for a long time. With its beautiful peninsula, enchanted islands, and picture-pretty clifftop towns, it’s one of Italy’s coastal gems.

How to Get to Sorrento

Following 3 wonderful days in Rome, my boyfriend and I traveled by train to Naples, then took a ferry to Sorrento.

The town is an easy base on a visit to the the Amalfi Coast, as it has good transport links and a wide variety of restaurants and hotels.

Where to Stay in Sorrento

Our hotel was of the great variety. Located right in the middle of Piazza Sant’Antonio in the heart of Sorrento, Villa Elisa was perfect.

The hotel offered us an upgrade to their top floor room when I told them that I wrote a travel blog. Even if they hadn’t, I still would have given it a glowing recommendation after our 3 days in Sorrento.

Our apartment at Villa Elisa overlooked the piazza and had both a terrace and a roof deck with lounge chairs and a garden. The interior was well decorated and spacious, and Giuseppina, the proprietress, was delightful.

Where to Eat in Sorrento

During our 3 days in Sorrento we had three memorable dinners. First we ate at Ristorante Museo Caruso upon the recommendation of a friend.

The beef carpaccio with walnuts, Gnocchi alla Sorrentina, and giant prawns were all excellent, as was the bottle of local wine.

With all the Italian food shops in Sorrento tempting us with their goods, the next night we decided to take advantage of the kitchen in our apartment.

We went to a shop called L’Archetto Di Buonocore Luisa and bought some conchiglioni pasta, tomato sauce, and olives.

The next stop was a wine shop near our apartment at Villa Elisa. There we purchased a bottle of red and some Limoncello to wash it all down. It was delicious.

On the final night of our 3 days in Sorrento we met up with friends who happened to be in town.

The food at Ristorante La Basilica was good, and I particularly enjoyed our starter of fried calamari and my Cannelloni alla Sorrentina, but the experience wasn’t quite as good as the first two nights.

Things to Do in Sorrento

Aside from eating, we spent our 3 days in Sorrento exploring the small winding streets and the beautiful Piazza Tasso, the cafe-studded main square.

But our own Piazza Sant’Antonio won us over when, on our second day in town, we stood on the balcony of Villa Elisa and watched a huge procession spilling out from the Chiesa di San Francesco, a 14th-century church, and through the streets of Sorrento.

Day Trips from Sorrento

When we weren’t admiring the beauty of the town and being sidetracked by religious processions, we took day trips from Sorrento to Capri one day and Positano and Amalfi the next.

When our time in Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast came to an end, we hopped on the graffiti-covered Circumvesuviana train and headed to Pompeii for the final stop on our Italian adventure.

Sorrento in 3 Days

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about my itinerary for 3 days in Sorrento and that you get a chance to visit the Amalfi Coast yourself someday. This part of Italy is every bit as magical as it’s reputed to be, and it’s worth a special trip.

Find this post helpful? Buy me a coffee!

New here? Join thousands of others and subscribe to the A Lady in London blog via email.

Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links. At no cost to you, I earn a small commission when you click on them and make a purchase. It doesn’t affect the way you shop, and it’s a great way to support the A Lady in London blog.

Pin it!