Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 081 878 46 16; Via Accademia 9; 7.30pm-2am)
The wine list at this unpretentious wine
bar with a dark, woody interior includes all the big Italian names and a selection of inter-
esting local labels. If you can't decide what to go for, the amiable bar staff will advise
you. There's also a small menu of
panini
, bruschette and one or two pasta dishes.
Fauno Bar
( 081 878 11 35; Piazza Tasso; 7-2am midnight mid-Mar-mid-Jan)
On Piazza Tasso, this eleg-
ant cafe covers half the square and offers the best people-watching in town. It serves stiff
drinks at stiff prices - cocktails start at €7. Snacks, sandwiches, salads and pizzas are also
available (from €6).
CAFE
Entertainment
Teatro Tasso
THEATRE
( 081 807 55 25;
www.teatrotasso.com
;
Piazza Sant'Antonino; admission €25; 9.30pm summer)
The southern Italian equivalent of a London old-world music hall, Teatro Tasso is home to
the
Sorrento Musical
, a sentimental 75-minute revue of Neapolitan classics such as 'O
Sole Mio' and 'Trona a Sorrent'.
Information
Hospital
(
081 533 11 11; Corso Italia 1)
Police station
(
081 807 31 11; Via Capasso 11)
Post office
(Corso Italia 210)
Sorrento Tour
(
www.sorrentotour.it
)
Extensive website with tourist and transport information
on Sorrento and environs.
Tourist information
For maps and useful information, head to one of Sorrento's tourist in-
formation kiosks, located outside the Circumvesuviana train station
(Piazza de Curtis, Circum-
vesuviana station; 10am-1pm & 3-7pm summer, to 5pm winter)
, in town at Corso Italia
(
9am-1pm & 3-10pm)
and the Foreigners' Club
(Via Luigi De Maio 35;
8.30am-4.15pm Mon-Fri)
,
and at the ferry port
(Marina Piccola;
9am-5pm summer, closed winter)
.
