Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 081 878 11 35; Piazza Tasso; 7-2am midnight mid-Mar-mid-Jan)
On Piazza Tasso, this elegant
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).
Entertainment
Teatro Tasso
MAP
THEATRE
GOOGLE MAP
( 081 807 55 25;
www.teatrotasso.com
; Piazza Sant'Antonino; admission €25; 9.30pm summer)
The south-
ern Italian equivalent of a London old-world music hall, Teatro Tasso is home to the
Sor-
rento 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, Circumve-
suviana 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)
.
Getting There & Away
BOAT
Sorrento is the main jumping-off point for Capri and also has good ferry connections to
Naples, Ischia and Amalfi coastal towns.
Caremar
(
Click here
)
Runs ferries to Capri (€13.20, 25 minutes, four daily).
