View of Mount Vesuvius from Sorrento in Campania Southern Italy
Sorrento is a small city in Campania, Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, The town overlooks the bay of Naples, as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints in the city allow sight of Naples itself (visible across the bay), Vesuvius and the island of Capri. The Amalfi Drive (connecting Sorrento and Amalfi) is the narrow road that threads around the high cliffs above the boats and hydrofoils provide services to Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri and Ischia. Sorrento's sea cliffs are impressive and its luxury hotels have attracted famous personalities, including Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti. Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, made from lemon rinds, alcohol, Wood craftsmanship is also most important temples of Surrentum were those of Athena and of the Sirens who gave their name to the promontory. In antiquity Surrentum was famous for its wine (oranges and lemons which are now so much cultivated there not having been introduced into Italy in antiquity), its fish, and its pottery; In the pre-Roman age Sorrento was influenced by the Greek civilization:, according to the legend, a temple was founded by Ulysses and originally devoted to the cult of the Sirens, whence Sorrento's name. It is one of the most renowned tourist destinations of Italy,
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Location: Sorrento in Campania Southern Italy
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