NigelKhazi 11:16 Fri May 15
Sorrento/Capri
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Hi chaps,
Am spending 3 nights in Sorrento and Capri next week with my girlfriend.
We are planning on a trip to Pompeii and Amalfi from Sorrento.
Any of you been to Sorrento/Capri/Amalfi?
Any tips? Nice restaurants?
cheers
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BillyBondsBirthday
11:49 Sun May 17
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Capri is avery popular day trip but it's great staying there, especially after in the evening after all the day trippers have gone. We stayed at the Caesar Augustus hotel for our 25th anniversary. Lovely hotel perched on the cliff top but our time slightly spoiled by having David Mellor and David Davies from FA staying at the same time.
Ischia is as nice as Capri and with better beaches but much cheaper.
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Gavros
11:42 Sun May 17
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I stayed here when in Capri, very reasonable and a lovely pool. He doesnt do bookings online so you have to contact him or turn up
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187783-d577978-Reviews-Tirrenia_Roberts_B_B-Capri_Island_of_Capri_Province_of_Naples_Campania.html
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REALGSA
11:35 Sun May 17
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Just came back from Amalfi
Amalfi - quiet organic, up market
Capri - busy, touristy and pricey feel like I got done by the cabbies
Sorrento - More busy and few bars and clubs
If you stay somewhere stay here!
http://monasterosantarosa.com/
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JLAP
9:15 Sat May 16
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Make sure you stop at Positano, it's better than Sorrento in my opinion. Amalfi was ok, more of a market town though
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Ronald_antly
6:00 Sat May 16
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Polite?
I've heard they like to pinch complete strangers' arses.
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jfk
5:26 Sat May 16
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If money was no object I would holiday in Italy .
History,architecture, well dressed polite people and the best grub in the world.
Italy's the bollocks.
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DukeofDevo
11:39 Fri May 15
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Can also do Rome in a day and Monte Cassino if you want
A defo must see tho is Gracie Fields' tomb!
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Crazy In Cremonese
11:28 Fri May 15
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Lovely part of the world. Capri is a nice day trip, but very expensive. To get around the island you need to get buses which are infrequent and only hold about 10 people!
Best way to get to Pompeii from Sorrento is by train...takes about 45 minutes and compared to UK is very cheap. Pompeii itself is amazing and covers a huge site. Lots of amazing sights there, including a Roman brothel with a knob painted on the wall outside, and portraits of the most popular prostitutes still visible in the rooms inside!
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West Side Story
9:05 Fri May 15
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We went to Bar Fauno which was a decent place right in the centre of the Piazza Tasso which is Sorrento's main square. It's more expensive but a great place to people watch.
Over the road is a smaller place called Bar Erculo (i think) which is cheaper and just as good a spot.
The bars tend to shut at 2am but we were in Bar Fauno twice till well after 3, they're not in a hurry to get rid of you.
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cornish
9:03 Fri May 15
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Take a select boat trip up the amalfi coast, amazing you won't regret it.
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kylay
8:44 Fri May 15
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Hadn't seen it posted earlier, but the blue grotto is complete waste of time and money. Personally, I thought Capri as a whole was well overrated. I didn't have a bad meal in sorrento and pompeii is fantastic.
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Bullet
8:40 Fri May 15
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Stopped off in Naples, Capri, blue grotto in the early 70s on the Canberra. Could see mount Edna erupting as we passed.
Never made it up Pompei!
Ladies and Gentle-men
Oh please yourself!
Titter ye not!
Ye may Titter. Titter ye may
Nay, nay and thrice nay'
Ooh - 'ere - NO!
Madam - PLEASE!
Yes Missus
Ooh no, please, it's wicked to mock the afflicted!
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Ilford Hammer
8:24 Fri May 15
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Spent 5 days in Positano last month - brilliant place. I'd recommend visiting there rather than Amalfi, Ravello or any of the other towns on the coast. It's the nearest to Sorrento as well.
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Sxboy_66
8:16 Fri May 15
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Fabulous place.
There are some good coach tours that take you to Positano, Ravello, etc. for the day and stopping for a while in each place to do your own thing for a while.(Best tip I was given - If you go on one, sit on the right hand side of the coach, otherwise you're just looking at a rock wall the whole way and miss most of the fantastic scenery).
Capri - Make sure you go up to Ana Capri, the bit you get dropped off in is just a tourist trap with Gucci/Armani etc. shops with stupid prices.
Pompeii is a 'must do' but avoid the organised tours, it's easy enough to walk around at your own speed and all the info you need is there and in the book you get when you go in.
Don't bother schlepping up Vesuvius, it looks better from further away.
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hornchurchsteve
7:41 Fri May 15
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I'm off there for 10 days in July, and just reading the comments by you lot is very promising.
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Hermit Road
6:55 Fri May 15
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I'm staying in Positano this summer. It better be fucking good
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DukeofDevo
6:48 Fri May 15
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I went to the capo in about 1986 seen it in brochures lovely hotel service restaurant etc
Nearly got pick pocketed but felt the twats hand on my leg he moved away sharpish and got off the bus. People sitting down must have seen what he was doing but didn't say anything.
Pompeii is special
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Eddie B
6:29 Fri May 15
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I stayed in the Capo de monte for my honeymoon a couple of years ago. Lovely hotel.
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Bungo
6:21 Fri May 15
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DukeofDevo 1:12 Fri May 15
Wow. I stayed in that hotel for a week about 38 years ago.
Glad to hear it's still going strong!
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Ball Bag
6:08 Fri May 15
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Sorry for hijacking, but...we're driving down there mid June as part of a fortnight's trek, staying four nights in Ravello and one in Ana Capri - is it a nightmare driving round there then? Heard some scary stories about other drivers, mopeds etc. - should we be getting boats from Amalfi/Sorrento instead of using the roads? I had an idea to drive straight over to Pompeii from Ravello rather than go via Salerno, road looks wicked. Avoid?
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neilalex
5:43 Fri May 15
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A really good restaurant in Sorrento is Il Buco. This is high end, either has or used to have a Michelin star.The trattoria that Eddie B mentioned is excellent. Stick to recommendations because some of them are properly shite, Sorrento is pretty touristy. If you fancy a pint there's both an Irish and an English pub at the top of the main street.
The bus to Positano and Amalfi takes hours, literally, and is one fucking hair raising experience if you don't like heights. A much better option is the ferry, although you can do one on the way out one back I guess. Positano is beautiful, Ravello also. Amalfi is further down the coast and in my opinion not as nice as those two, but the Amalfi Coast itself is simply beautiful. Capri is lovely but gets absolutely mobbed, although you're going at a good time.
Pompeii gets boiling hot, take drinks. Be careful of pickpockets and general gypos around Pompeii, although inside the ruins themselves it's ok.
By the way, if you're flying into Naples make sure you know where you are going if you go out in the city. Most of it centrally is fine, but there are areas to avoid. Once again the ferry terminals to Sorrento are pikey mecca, so keep bags etc. close.
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