Hotel near Sorrento

The great poet Torquato Tasso, was born here on 1544 and one can still see in the historic center the house of his beloved sister Cornelia.
A rich cultural atmosphere still prevails in Sorrento and Sant’Agnello and summer evenings are teaming with literature meets and concerts of classical music and jazz of the highest level performed in the beautiful setting offered by the cloister of San Francesco.

Days are spent at sea, on small but very well appointed beach concessions (not to be confused with the Bagni delle Regina Giovanna, a very important archaeological site constituted by the ruins of a huge Roman villa, the summer residence of an important Roman family) or else spent discovering the Sorrento Peninsula.
The privileged location commanded by villa Margherita makes it ideal to take advantage of several different excursions during the day, either by sea or by land, to the beautiful localities nearby. The Metrò del Mare is a very comfortable line service and so are the aliscafo (hydrofoil) and traghetto services which take off from Sorrento for the most famous spots along the coast, like Positano and Amalfi, Ischia and Capri, Napoli and all the way to Sapri. On land and by car, one can easily access Naples which is 50 km away, the excavations at Ercolano and Pompei at 25 km distance, or Amalfi and the Amalfi Coast at 30 km, all of them enchanting and uniquely fascinating places. Or one can just as easily take the train of the Circumvesuviana line that stops at Sant’Agnello, Vico Equense, Castellamare, Pompei, Ercolano and Naples.

A must excursion (by sea) is the one to Punta Campanella, at the tip of the Sorrento Peninsula which is a marine reserve of special charm: the place where Ulysses was tempted by the song of the sirens and where the islets Li Galli represent the Sirens that fell to the sea after Ulysses' refusal to visit them.

Don't leave before acquiring a souvenir from these marvelous places on via San Cesareo, the main shopping street in Sorrento where one can choose original crafts fashioned out of inlaid wood, some of which can be admired at the Museum - Shop of Tarsia Lignea, and also among the colorful artistic ceramics. Or one can choose the delicacies made from lemon, the main ingredient in liqueurs and sweets, and the excellent DOP denomination extra virgin oil from the Sorrento Peninsula, among cheeses like “Provolone del monaco”, of particularly sharp taste, and the fabulous "Trecce di mozzarella campana".