In the heart of Sorrento, this bustling piazza is home to restaurants, bars, horse-drawn carriage rides, and great views. From here you can catch busses that connect you to Rome, the Cape, and the Sorrento marinas.

 
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Away Travel Expert: Christine Loomis
FamilyExpert Rating 4.0 out of 5 Recommended for:
Children aged 3 - 5 , 6 - 12 and 13 - 17
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  • Named for one of Italy's most famous poets (his statue graces the square), the piazza is the entryway to Sorrento's historic center where you can see the old walls that once surrounded the city, fortified in the 1500s to keep out the marauding, vicious Saracens.
  • You can watch craftspeople create Sorrento's famed wood marquetry and take a horse-drawn carriage ride. At one side of the square is the church of Maria del Carmine, a structure one writer described as a "Rococo wedding cake."
  • From the piazza, walk into the historic center to Sedile Dominova, an inviting 16th century open-air structure with arches, columns, balustrades, and frescos. Eat at a cafe and be seranaded by waiters singing the haunting "Come Back to Sorrento" (perhaps not as haunting as when Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Mario Lanza, or Dean Martin sang it, but still...).

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Sorrento
Italy

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