July’s event calendar has plenty to offer. In Trasaella, Sant’Agnello, the festival of the Madonna delle Grazie is held on 11 July, with the now traditional Festival of the “Friariello” (Neapolitan broccoli). Sorrento offers two long-standing traditions: on the 16th the Festival del Carmine and on the 26th the Festival of Sant’Anna in Marina Grande. […]

The exhibition ALIGI SASSU – “Mediterranean” will open at Villa Fiorentino (Corso Italia 53) Sorrento on Friday 15 July 2011 at 7pm, organised by architect Marisa Zattini di Cesena. A considerable number of works by this artist chosen from the period 1930 to 1997 will decorate the hall interiors of this beautiful venue designed by […]

Until 26 June Villa Fiorentino will host the exhibition on the seagoing history of the Sorrentine Peninsula and boat-building traditions from Marina d’Equa to Marina Grande. The exhibition is divided into sections, from the history of the ‘Nino Bixio’ Nautical High School in Piano di Sorrento through narrated profiles of the various heads of school […]

The hill of Priora is, amongst those surrounding Sorrento, the most evocative. From it all Sorrento and its peninsula can be seen, from the Scutolo Point to the Point of Cape of Sorrento. Its vineyards, like those of the nearby Mount Corbo, have always been famous for the “sweet liqueur of Bacchus” which they produce. […]

The Sorrento Concerts Society and City of Sorrento (Tourism Department) presents “Sorrento Classica”, a concerts series in historic sities of Sorrento (museums, hotels, villas and private residences) where hight personalities of europeanm culture and aristocracy have lived or passed through, during the period of the so-called “Grand Tour”. Art director of concerts is Paolo Scibilia. […]

During Easter ancient, sacred rites are renewed throughout the Sorrento peninsula, a sign of a centuries-old faith collectively perceived and much felt, as well as of Catholic values which on the peninsula have origins and roots as old as Catholicism itself. If Catholic liturgy has undergone changes over the centuries, its inner spiritualism has remained […]

Art and culture hand in hand from 20 to 25 April in the enchanting surroundings of Villa Fiorentino, with the first edition of the Antiques Exhibition. Organised by the commendable Sorrento “Antiques Association” with the support of Campania Regional Government, Naples Provincial Government, Sorrento Town Council and the prestigious “Sorrento Foundation,” the exhibition, of national […]