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Getting to Sorrento

Sit back and savour the views

You will know your holiday has well and truly started when you are travelling from the airport to Sorrento and enjoy your first glimpses of the beautiful bay of Naples along the way.

Curreri operates several buses each day from
Naples Airport to Sorrento and back

The nearest airport to Sorrento is the Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli, which is about 50 km (31 miles) to the north of the resort, and you can fly there from many different airports in the UK and other countries. There are also internal flights to Naples from Genoa, Catania, Turin, Rome, Milan, Bergamo, Verona, Palermo, and Trieste.

You can travel from the airport to Sorrento by either road, rail, or sea. A regular bus service is operated by Curreri Viaggi from outside airport Arrivals to the centre of Sorrento for €13 per person.

A taxi booked in advance by your hotel to pick you up at the airport will cost approximately €130 - 150 for a small group.

The road from Castellammare to Sorrento
offers some spectacular views across the bay

However, you could take a taxi into the centre of Naples to the Circumvesuviana railway station at Porta Nolana and board a local train, which will reach Sorrento in just over an hour.

If you would enjoy arriving by sea, take a taxi to Molo Beverello in Naples from where there are regular ferries across the bay to Sorrento. The voyage will take about 45 minutes and you will arrive at the harbour of Marina Piccola.

From there, you can either walk up into the centre of Sorrento, use the lift to get up to the town, or take a bus or taxi.

As you travel to Sorrento, enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way. First you will be able to see the volcano Vesuvius at close quarters, then between Castellammare di Stabia and Sorrento, you will follow the twists and turns of the coastal road and enjoy some spectacular vistas across the bay.

(Based on prices in October 2024).

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THE BODY PARTS IN THE LIBRARY

The first Library Ladies Mystery, featuring a new detective duo, Sallie Parker and Jo Pudsey, is now available for sale on Amazon.

Set in an English country village, The Body Parts in the Library is a new cosy crime novel written by Val Culley, the author of Death in the High City and The Shooting in Sorrento.

Sallie and Jo are both Library Assistants who have fallen victim to cost-cutting redundancies. A group of volunteers have taken over the running of the village library where they used to work and when one of them is the victim of a prank, the Library Ladies are immediately suspected and find themselves shunned by most of the village.

Determined to clear their names, they try to find out who was really responsible for the prank. But after more bizarre events, a grim discovery in the library leaves villagers in a state of shock, prompting the Library Ladies to conduct their own investigation to make sure the real culprit is exposed and life in the peaceful village of Upper Mickle can return to normal.

The Body Parts in the Library is available on Amazon Kindle or as a paperback.

SORRENTO GUIDE BOOK

A good guide book for visitors to Sorrento is Frommer's Amalfi Coast, which has a whole chapter devoted to the town and its peninsula, including information on lesser known attractions of the area that other guide books sometimes ignore.

This book takes readers on a tour of the Sorrentine Peninsula, starting from Castellamare di Stabia, with details of other places on the peninsula such as Vico Equense, Massa Lubrense, Sant’Agata su due Golfi, Nerano and Termini.

Buy Frommer's Amalfi Coast with Naples, Capri and Pompeii direct from Amazon.

DEATH IN THE HIGH CITY

Set in the magical city of Bergamo in northern Italy, Death in the High City introduces detective duo Butler and Bartorelli.

Kate Butler, a freelance journalist, arrives in Bergamo to try to get some answers about the unexplained death of her cousin, Sophie, who has been living in the city while doing research for a biography of the Bergamo-born opera composer Gaetano Donizetti.

After her own life is threatened, Kate is joined by her partner, Steve Bartorelli, a recently retired Detective Chief Inspector of Italian descent, who helps her solve the crime.

Death in the High City, believed to be the first British crime novel in which Bergamo provides the backdrop, is available from Amazon as a Kindle e-book or a paperback

THE SHOOTING IN SORRENTO

The Shooting in Sorrento, a crime novel set in the resort, is now available from Amazon.

The second Butler and Bartorelli mystery by Val Culley, it is the sequel to Death in the High City, which was set in Bergamo in Lombardy.

The book - written for readers who prefer the 'cosy crime' genre - features journalist Kate Butler and her partner, Steve Bartorelli, who is a retired Detective Chief Inspector.

They are in Sorrento for the wedding of the daughter of one of Steve’s Italian cousins.

When tragedy strikes an English family staying at their hotel, Kate feels she has to help.

She joins forces with another visitor to Sorrento to investigate after it becomes clear the Italian police aren’t looking further than the English family.

The Shooting in Sorrento is available on Amazon Kindle or as a paperback.

VISIT OUR SISTER SITES

If your love of Italy stretches beyond Sorrento and the south, you may enjoy visiting our sister sites, devoted to the elegant and historic northern Italian cities of Bergamo and Padova.

Situated just north of Milan and close to the lakes and mountains, Bergamo has become a familiar name because of its major international airport but is an attractive place to visit in its own right, combining contemporary sophistication with medieval charm.

Padova, an elegant city in the Veneto less than half an hour by express rail services from Venice, boasts a picturesque historic centre, one of the world's oldest universities and notable buildings including the Scrovegni Chapel, which houses a renowned cycle of frescoes by Giotto that is recognised as a masterpiece of western art.

FIND OUT MORE at www.bestofbergamo.com and www.bestofpadua.co.uk

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