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Easter in Sorrento

The Saintly Week Processions

Whoever stays at Sorrento during the Easter period has the chance to see one of the traditions which is most deep-rooted in our historical memoirs, repeated year after year: the procession of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. This tradition goes back a long way; there...

Rites of the Holy Week under the Vesuvius

In Campania Easter is a rich and interesting occasion to visitors for its characteristic processions during the Holy week. This tradition goes back a long way, to a Christian use in medieval times and in some cases there are testimonies dating back to the...

The Easter Tradition of the Sugar Almond Palms

Maybe only a few people know that, in Sorrento and its outskirts, the sugar almond palms have a particular meaning.

Typical Easter Cakes

Sorrento is known all over the world, not only for its wonderful landscape but also for its cakes. Whoever is lucky enough to visit our Peninsula in the Easter period will have the chance to taste two typical Easter cakes: the "casatiello" and the...

Easter in Sorrento

Also in the following year Sorrento is getting ready to live the Holy Easter: numerous are the local shows and the initiatives not to be missed. Among these ones, worthy to be mentioned are the processions of Holy Thursday and Friday which pass across...