It's been quite some time since I've updated this little corner of the internet (I feel like I'm always saying that nowadays) but boy, do I have some things to share with you all! I thought I'd come back with a bang and share my most requested itinerary with you - my 30th Birthday trip to the Amalfi Coast! 🍋
The Amalfi Coast has been somewhere very high on my bucket list for as long as I can remember, and last year I finally took the plunge and booked it and I have to say, I was not disappointed. We only had a week and wanted to strike a good balance of seeing as much as we could, but also actually *seeing* the places that we visited, so we decided on Sorrento, Capri and Positano, making sure we spend the night in each location to see it once the cruise ships and day travellers had gone home for the night. I'm so glad we made this choice because each location was a completely different place at night, and it meant that we could enjoy more of the restaurants we wanted to tick off - be warned, food will be a big part of this blog post!
We decided to head to Sorrento first, as it was the closes to Naples airport which was where we landed bright and early. In hindsight, we should have got the later flight as we were exhausted but we wanted to spend as much time there as possible. After getting our transfer from the airport (which be warned, is quite a long drive down winding roads) we arrived at the Hilton Sorrento Palace where we were able to check in, grab a bite to eat and a celebratory cocktail and relax by the pool for the day. This was the only hotel we stayed in with a pool and more of a 'resort' vibe and it was the perfect place to start our trip.
After a day of relaxing by the pool, we wandered into town and had a look around to get our bearings before heading to dinner at La Pergola at the Bellevue Syrene. This was one of my favourite dinners we had on this trip, we still talk about it to this day. We were seated at one of the tables on the edge of the restaurant which directly overlooks the bay where you have a view of Vesuvius, with a pianist in the background and the most friendly staff. We were greeted with a complimentary glass of Prosecco and a meatball - which seemed very random at the time but honestly, it was the best meatball we've ever had. We shared some starters, a bottle of wine and watched the sun go down, and just as it did fireworks started going off further down the bay - it was perfect. If you're heading to Sorrento and want a fancier dinner out, this would be my top recommendation. We were made to feel so special and it was the perfect way to kick off the trip.
The next day the original plan was to hire a vespa and travel down the Amalfi Coast Road to Amalfi but we woke up SO tired that we decided to give it a miss and headed to the most fabulous breakfast buffet I think I've been to, before a day of sunbathing by the pool. In the afternoon we headed back into town to have a wander around the shops where we tried local homemade limoncello and picked up a lemon sorbet in one of the famous Amalfi lemons.
The next morning we were heading to Capri, which you can read about in this blog post. But overall, I'd really recommend Sorrento. There isn't a huge amount to do in the town if you're not going on day trips but I'd say its a great place for relaxing in the sunshine and using as a base to head to other Amalfi Coast towns for the day as it's so well located.
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