Thursday 22 July 2010

A dream come holiday: Sorrento

A dream come holiday: this is Sorrento!
Beautiful seaside town, Sorrento is since the times of ancient Romans a tourist destination!
Indeed, during the imperial age, Sorrento was a hot spot where the rich Roman patricians used to spend the sultry summer months and periods of “otium”.

So arose many Maretimae Villae, superb summer residences that had its own port to the sea, private quarters and even rustic neighborhoods, as well as orchards, olive groves and vineyards where farmers produced oil, wine and other delicacies.

Even the famous Latin poets Horace and Statius, praised the beauty of these places.
Whit the pass of the time tourism in Sorrento has greatly expanded. There are countless hotels, bed & breakfasts and holiday homes.

And one of the most famous Sorrento hotel is Sorrento City, the city's first fashion house inn, built in the fifties, the period of the boom in tourism in Sorrento.
If you book now your summer vacation in Sorrento, in the Hotel Sorrento City, the stay in the double room costs only 60 euros per night per person!

And if you want to wander about in Sorrento, you can easily rent a car in Sorrento, to move then on the Amalfi coast.

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