Sorrento: not only swimming
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During summer you will spend the warm hours of the days on the beach or in a boat, and the shops usually close from 1 pm to 4 pm. Take your time and have a long lunch at the fish restaurants of Marina Grande, where the fishermen live, and then start your shopping in Via San Cesareo. This is a narrow street in the historical centre of Sorrento where you can find all the typical handicrafts and the great products for which Sorrento is renowned: the woods, the hand-made sandals (reminiscent of Sorrento’s ancient silk works of the 16th century), the corals coming from neighbouring Torre del Greco, scented lemons, the lemon liqueur limoncello, olives, nuts, the typical fresh mozzarella cheese (or “treccia”), Neapolitan cakes (sfogliatelle, baba’), and delicious ice-creams. In Corso Italia there are plenty of designer stores and boutiques like Armani and Max Mara.
Enjoy tarantella during the evening in the clubs in the main square (Piazza Tasso), listen to some classical music scheduled in summer in the S. Francesco cloister, visit the churches, the Museo Correale, and the old Sedil Dominova.
During Easter an unforgettable experience is to witness the two processions which belong to the religious tradition established in the Spanish period. One takes place some hours before dawn on Good Friday when white-hooded men carry a statue of the Virgin Mary pining for her son. The other one takes place at dusk, and the men are black-hooded (recalling the Virgin Mary’s vanished hopes) and carry all the symbols of Christ’s Passion.
Photos by courtesy of Amelia PS.
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