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The Church of the Santi Felice e Baccolo

Along Via Tasso, right in the old town centre of Sorrento, there is the Church of the “Santi Felice e Baccolo”, which is considered one of the most beautiful baroque churches of Tasso’s hometown. Despite its small sizes, it had a great importance in the...

The Valley of Mills

Itineraries of the historical centre in Sorrento In the historical centre of Sorrento, behind Tasso Square, it is possible to admire from above - in a suggestive perspective - a natural extraordinary spectacle: The Valley of the Mills.The Valley encircles on the southeast side, the...

Correale di Terranova Museum

The Correale di Terranova Museum constitutes on a "live" testimony of Sorrento International Culture of the late centuries. Alfredo and Pompeo Correale, Terranova Counts, art lovers, donated to Sorrento the splendid building from the 1700's surrounded by a citrus garden with ocean view terrace...

The Basilica of Saint Antonino

From Piazza Tasso, proceeding along De Maio Street, you arrive, in a 5-min walk, at the Basilica of Saint Antonino, set in the square that carries the same name. The Basilica was erected in the XI century in the place where an antique oratory...

The San Francesco Cloister

A few metres from Piazza Sant'Antonino, where the Basilica dedicated to the patron saint of Sorrento stands, in Piazza Francesco Saverio Gargiulo - in the vicinity of the Villa Comunale - rises a historic triptych set in a volcanic tuff wall known around the...

The Historical Centre

Where the remains of the Ancient City Walls are, there lie the monuments, churches and the testimonies of antique civilizations; walking through the streets of the historical centre, the antique Greek-Roman structure is still legible, memory represented vividly in via Pietà, via S. Cesareo,...