Sorrento

 23,750 Steps

Started off the day with going to find the tourist information office in Sorrento to get maps and find out what is happening in town. A nice walk through part of old town and we find the office. Happens to be an exhibit of carillons on the second floor so checked that out. On the way we also stopped at our first lemon shop, lemon shops are everywhere here. We sampled limoncello, lemon cookies, lemon candies, pistachio cream, and about 5 more different samples of liquor they sell. This is all before 11 AM, and we have lots and lots of these stores we can try we discover.

After picking up maps we walked down the many steps to Marine Grande. This marina is where there are still lots of fishing boats. Men were working on their nets, something Andre is always very happy to see. Walked to the end of the beach/wharf area and visited a nice hotel restaurant that had a beautiful deck to sit out and enjoy the view. It is a lovely spot, but all those stairs would not make it my favourite place to stay.

Back to the apartment for a quick lunch and then we are off for our walking tour we booked. We had booked for this morning but they cancelled because of lack of participants, then re-booked for this afternoon and the guide did not show up. I think we have got this city figured out now, but we usually like these free walking tours so were sorry to miss out.

Back up to old town and we walk across town to go back down to beach side for Marina Piccola. This is where the ferries leave from to go to Amalfi coast and Capri. Lots and lots of stairs again. Explored here a little but there is not much action as we are really off season, you can see where lots of restaurants and decks will pop up soon over the water. We did discover that there is an elevator, which we took advantage of to get back up into old town, so took advantage of that 1.20Euro well spent. Now we also know and easy way to get down to that level with our luggage later in the week.

Stopped in a few more shops and found a place that is offering a cooking class tomorrow afternoon. Back to the apartment and we decide we will do the cooking class tomorrow afternoon, WhatsApp the cooking class and couldn't get our credit card to work to book. Back out to go and book in person. Decide time for another walk and explore some more. Find a yummy gelato spot and just spend the rest of the afternoon exploring around. Beautiful leather purses, lots of leather shops.

Back to the apartment and make pasta for supper. Too tired to go out again, cribbage board out. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Lots of narrow streets in old town

Lemon things are popular here

Stopped for Limoncello, so many choices to taste 

Will need to try their Lemon Sorbet

Me when I was a kid

Some places have been here forever

The information center, a nice garden around the villa

They had an exhibit for carillon  

Almost got a new camera

Got vetoed on renting a car here

Photography studio

On the way behind to the water, between  private villas

The fisherman village at the botton

Walked to the edge to the fishing village where there was a hotel with a restaurant. The manager gave us a tour of the restaurant and patio

Car for 1

Sophia Lauren made a movie here

Not open yet $$$

Late 1960s Jaguar

On our way down to the ferry terminal, lots of steps down

washrooms but did not checked them out

The water is super clear. These are bar/restaurants in the summer

A cloister that was recommended bt the info center

A photo gallery off the cloister, Great photographer. We talked to the worker for a long time 

Xmas is almost here, only 285 more days

Happy hour

Sorrento is a wall city