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We've compiled the best of the best in Sorrento and the Sorrentine Peninsula - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Run with enthusiasm and love by two young Sorrentine women, this small rustic-styled bakery and bistro makes generously filled panini using fresh ingredients on ciabatta and panuozzo pizza-dough bread. It's also a fab spot to linger with some local wine and a cheese platter.
At this informal, waterside restaurant and snack bar, you won't see many locals—they're unlikely to be impressed by the four-language menus—but the seafood platters are fresh and flavorful, and you can eat alfresco in the sunshine or inside a glass-enclosed dining area with a nautical motif. You can even go for a swim. For a special-occasion splurge, consider renting out their luxury resort next door, Villa del Maggiore, replete with pool, terraces, and direct private access to the sea.
On the site of Roman thermal baths (you can see the ancient ruins under a glass section in the floor), this is a historic venue as well as a beloved eatery. Whether dining outdoors under the lanterns or indoors under the beamed ceiling and stucco arcades, you'll enjoy cucina tipica, locale e nazionale (traditional local and national cooking), including seafood and meat dishes as well as top-quality vera pizza napoletana (truly authentic Neapolitan pizza).
