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Sorrento |
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L'Agruminato - Giardini di Cataldo – Sorrento is famous for its lemons, and kids can visit a lemon grove right into the middle of town. It's a cool and shady in the grove underneath laden lemon trees, and nice wooden benches to relax. At the western end of the garden is a stand where you can buy cold drinks. | ||
From Piazza Tasso, it's just a short walk up Corso Italia, just past Piazza Angelina Lauro, on the left side of the street. | |||
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Cloister San Francesco (Chiesa di San Francesco) – The church of San Francesco has a lovely medieval cloister (entrance outside the church, west side). Look at the column decorations – they're all different, some were taken from ancient ruins, others are medieval. | ||
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Walk down to the marinas – Next to San Francesco church, walk west to a grassy square (Villa Communale), and you'll see stairs going down to the water below. It's a charming walk on smooth worn stones, through ancient passageways, coming out at the ocean. At the marinas, kids can watch the boats coming and going. It's a bit of a hike back up, feeling lazy, take the elevator back up to the square where you started. | ||
Tip: Although Marina San Francesco has an enclosed jetty, this is not a swimming beach and no lifeguards. If kids really want to put their swim suits, they can build sand castles on the pebbly beach. | |||
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Day trip to Capri – Boats for Capri leave from the Sorrento marina. Check out the schedule. Tip: Get an early start, the Blue Grotto will be very crowded in summer by noon. | ||
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Getting to Sorrento – From Rome, take the one hour high speed (Frecciarossa) train to Naples. Then ride the Circumvesuviana commuter train, or take the speedy boat that goes from Naples port to Sorrento. | ||
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Fun food – |
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Kids will want to try all the lemon candies, lemonade and lemon gelato (parents can sample limoncello liqueur). And delicious traditional pastries of Campania - sfogliatelle, flaky layers of pastry with ricotta in the center and zeppole (it's like a mini cream puff). |
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Shopping – |
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Sorrento is well known for its inlaid wooden boxes, beautifully decorated with scenes of Sorrento. We also bought lemon colored egg ornaments for our Christmas and Easter egg collection. |
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Tip: Read our blog post: Sorrento is Lemon Yellow |
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Travel for Kids has plenty of fun things to do exploring ancient ruins, but you'll need a fun place to stay. Here's Travel for Kids hand-picked lists of family hotels and apartment rentals in Sorrento, different styles and price ranges, all centrally located and convenient to the Circumvesuviana train: |
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Sorrento family hotels | ||
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Sorrento family apartment rentals | ||
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