Sorrento

About Sorrento

Sorrento is an ideal destination for an event or conference, offering a perfect combination of a very pleasant climate, superb facilities and a coastline of unsurpassed beauty.

Surrounded by orange and lemon groves, Sorrento is both attractive and lively with a genuine Italian atmosphere.

The elegant town centre is renowned for fantastic shopping, and there is a great selection of restaurants renowned for the excellent food, together with open air cafe's, piano bars and discos for after dinner entertainment. Sorrento is also an excellent base to explore some of Italy’s most famous, beautiful and important landmarks. These include: Capri, Pompei, Amalfi coastline, Vesuvius, Positano and Ischia to name a few.

Sample Itinerary Options

Please remember these are just suggestions of fantastic things to do and see during your event in Sorrento - our Groups and Events team will be delighted to tailor make a conference, meeting, exhibition, event or team building trip to Italy to your exact requirements.

Explore Sorrento followed by dinner

Our local guides will show your guests the highlights of this picturesque town. The main square (which is dedicated to the poet Torquato Tasso), the splendid medieval cloister, and the old part of town: a maze of narrow streets full of local products, colours and genuine Italian atmosphere.

In this area full of character, guests will get to know the local culture with visits to the main local factories such as cheese, wines and the famous “limoncello “ liquor, inlaid wood and more! These are all authentic traditions, folklore and products.

Tastings will take place at each stop and before dinner, guests will be met by a local group of dancers who will perform the most typical dance of the Region, the “Tarantella” and escort them to the restaurant.


Full day excursion to Capri with lunch

You will depart the hotel, and descend to port by small private coaches. Here, you will embark on hydrofoil to Capri, the crossing taking approx. 15 minutes. Your arrival at Capri will be into the port of Marina Grande. From here by private minibuses guests are taken to town of Anacapri, which is theehighest town on island.

At Anacapri, your guests can have free time to wander, or they may choose an optional trip on the chairlift up to Monte Solaro, highest point on island, with spectacular views over the island and the bay of Naples. After, your guests will be transferred to Capri town for lunch and free time to wander around town or visit the gardens of Caesar Augustus, with breathtaking views over the Faraglioni Rocks.

Finally, return by taxis to the port to embark the hydrofoil for your return to Sorrento.


World famous buried city of Pompei

Depart from Sorrento by private coach with assistance for a 50 min. drive along coastline to Pompei.

Once in Pompei, meet-up with local guides and visit of the excavations of the town of Pompei, destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD. During the walk through the excavations, your group will have an opportunity to visit the public baths, and the wonderful villas of the rich merchants resident in this town, with their splendid mosaics and wall paintings.

After the tour, transfer by coach to the centre of the town of Pompei where lunch will take place at Restaurant Il Principe for the exclusive use of the group. This venue has a great setting surrounded by Pompeian style paintings and excellent local specialities will be served. Return to Sorrento in the afternoon.


Full day tour: Positano - Ravello - Amalfi

The famous Amalfi Drive is one of the most beautiful, dramatic and majestic coastlines in the world.

Morning: Enjoy a leisurely stroll along the typical alleys of Positano with time for shopping in the clothes boutiques and souvenir shops. Drive to Amalfi for lunch and visit of the ancient city.

As a marine republic, Amalfi was a major power in the Mediterranean around the 11th century. The town extends over a steep slope along the coastline which bears its name. Its white houses are typical examples of Mediterranean architecture. Visit the Cathedral of Saint Andrew (Arab-Byzantine style) built in 1203, but almost entirely restructured, that stands at the top of a spectacular flight of steps.

Afternoon: After Amalfi the group will be taken to the town of Ravello which nestles over 500 meters above the sea on the side of a mountainside. Ravello is well known for its peaceful atmosphere and for the “Villa Rufolo”, which gave the musician Richard Wagner the inspiration to create one of his most famous works.


Teambuilding Activity - Gastronomic rally in Sorrento

This is the ideal activity for guests staying in Sorrento for a conference as very often they don’t have the chance to explore the town.
The game is a dynamic rally through the historical centre of Sorrento which will include tests of skill involving several original activities and fun games. 

Following an itinerary on a personalized map, the participants will take part in various unique experiences which will take place in different points around the town set up specially for the occasion. Professional artists and actors will help, tease, guide and interact with the teambuilding participants.

The tests will include: the preparation of the 'famous' limoncello ( the speciality lemon liqueur); a singing competition to the last breath with piano and professional tenor, held in a 15th Century cloister; a dancing lesson to perform the traditional “Tarantella” dance assisted by a musician and
professional dancing couple and many other activities which will allow the guests to discover 'secret' Sorrento in a fun and entertaining way. Their abilities to excel as a team will also be important.

This original teambuilding has been organized with great success for companies such as: Microsoft, Mc Donald’s, General Motors, European Space Agency and others.


Gala Dinner in a traditional restaurant in central Sorrento

One of the most historical venues in town, situated in central Sorrento, on the main “Corso Italia” . A very attractive and characteristic restaurant serving local specialities. This restaurant is popular with Italians and visitors from Europe looking for traditional southern Italian atmosphere and dishes.

Dinner will be in a spacious area, fabulous setting similar to a greenhouse, surrounded by fruit trees and wide variety of plants.


Gala Dinner in a traditional restaurant on coastline outside Sorrento

One of the oldest and traditional restaurants of this area. Set on coast line just outside Sorrento, very colourful decor and pretty ambience, attractive and spacious room with large windows overlooking olive groves, the sea and on clear days Capri. High quality cuisine with local specialities.

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Suggested Hotel

Hilton Sorrento Palace - 4*

Surrounded by a lush Mediterranean vegetation just a walk from the bustling and historical downtown of Sorrento the newly refurbished Hilton Sorrento Palace, overlooking the Bay of Naples with its majestic volcano of Mount Vesuvius. The hotel is surrounded by luxuriant gardens and citrus groves, providing its guests with an elegant and welcoming atmosphere where hospitality is an art.

380 Guestrooms including an Executive floor and suites, recently refurbished with warm Mediterranean colours, each with private balcony and all the modern comforts. The interior design and colours of the hotel is excellent – a very attractive combination of Mediterraneanand Neapolitan colours blended with a modern Italian design. 

The banqueting rooms and restaurants, which seat from 100 to 1000 people, offer the right surroundings and an excellent cuisine for every occasion. The open-air garden restaurant L'Agrumeto under orange and lemon trees; the spacious restaurant San Antonio with a splendid view of the Gulf of Naples, the neoclassical restaurant Le Ginestre with its frescoes and elegant columns, and the bright Restaurant Sorrento. And then, the splendid floral terrace with its evening dances, the sumptuous lounge, the splendid park.

Extensive leisure facilities; fabulous 6 “water fall” style connecting outdoor pools with spacious sundeck, indoor pool, fitness room, tennis court, extensive gardens.