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September 9, 2015 Europe

Sorrento – Day 2 in Naples and Amalfi Coast, Italy (Part 2/2)

Sorrento
Who are you waiting for?

Leaving Pompeii behind, we headed for Sorrento, a coastal town in south-eastern Italy, facing the Bay Naples. It is a popular tourist destination along the Amalfi coast. We reached there in the late afternoon and after putting down our bags in our BnB, off we go to explore this small but busy town!

Il Vallone dei Mulini (Deep Valley of the Mills)

Il Vallone dei Mulini (Deep Valley of the Mills)
Gazed down from Via Fuorimura, Il Vallone dei Mulini (Deep Valley of the Mills)

Hauntingly beautiful, Deep Valley of the Mills is a group of abandoned buildings nestled in the deep valley floor smack right in the middle of Sorrento. The ruins include a flour mill, which remained in use until the early 20th century.

Fauno Bar

Fauno Bar


After viewing the creepy ruins, I decided it’s time for some food – something would be terribly wrong if I didn’t have dessert everyday when I’m on a holiday! Based on my research, Fauno Bar is one of the recommended places for a dessert, and it’s definitely hard to miss it as it’s located right on Piazza Tasso, the busiest main square in Sorrento. It is a great place to chill, relax, have a coffee (or beer), have a dessert and people-watch – but it did seem to me a tad too touristy.

Fauno Bar
It’s a restaurant, a bar, a café, a pasticceria… everything!
Fauno Bar
It was a cold day, so I decided against ice cream.
Fauno Bar
The desserts and pastries – kind of messy as they are placed on serving plates directly (perhaps to make it easier to serve them).
Fauno Bar
Waiters in cute uniforms

If you only want coffee, you can simply head to the coffee bar and order a coffee.

Fauno Bar Fauno Bar

Not knowing what it is, I chose this and it turned out to be a sponge cake with lemon cream and covered with whipped cream. It’s light, creamy and delicious. We didn’t try other pastries there as the next pasticceria became my official favourite!

Fauno Bar

Piazza Tasso, 13/15 , 80067 Sorrento, Italy
Daily 0700 – 0200

Bar Rita

Bar Rita


Bar Rita has been churning out delicious pastries for over 40 years. It’s less crowded in the evening, but in the morning, it’s packed with locals drinking their daily dose of coffee and ordering their pastries to takeaway.

Bar Rita

Their desserts are neatly stacked on trays so you can see what they have in one glance – all of them look so glossy and are simply begging me to take each and everyone of them home! The prices are also slightly cheaper than Fauno Bar’s desserts by about €0.50.

Bar Rita
Just. Look. At. The. Desserts!

Bar Rita

Besides sweets, they also have sandwiches – different types of bread with assorted fillings.

Bar Rita
More bread!
Bar Rita Bar Rita

Even though I already know how to make tiramisu, it’s different when you have one of these in Italy. It just magically feels many times more delicious than the one you make at home hah. It’s not very boozy, but the coffee is wickedly good with a generous dusting of cocoa powder – delish!

Bar Rita

C.so Italia 219 Sorrento, Italy
0730 – 0000 (closed on Wednesdays)

Porto (Port)

Stairs to port

After satisfying my dose of dessert intake for the day, we walked to the port, which first involved a long flight of stairs down from Piazza Tasso. And yep, you have to climb this same flight of stairs up on the way back.

But don’t worry, there’s always another way to get to the port without walking down this flight of stairs. You can take the public transport, the sightseeing buses or sightseeing trains to reach the port – more information here.

Port

The port was quiet when we were there, so it’s a really nice place to take a stroll (albeit it’s a bit chilly in April).

Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria – 5 star luxury hotel

La Lanterna

Ristorante la Lanterna

And to end of the day, we had dinner at La Lanterna, a restaurant tucked away on a corner street.

Ristorante la Lanterna

The restaurant was relatively empty when we reached, and we chose a seat inside the restaurant as it’s a bit too chilly to sit outside.

Ristorante la Lanterna
I’ve managed to take photos of the menu, so you can see them here, here, here and here.

Bread basket Flatbread
Ristorante la Lanterna Ristorante la Lanterna
Caprese Mushroom soup
Ristorante la Lanterna Ristorante la Lanterna
Carbonara Escalope in Sorrento style
Ristorante la Lanterna Ristorante la Lanterna

We started off with a basket of bread, which offered a nice variety of bread – the one with bacon bits tasted pretty good. The caprese was simple and good but the portion was so huge that I had trouble finishing it. Then it started to go downhill: X’s mushroom soup tasted like cream and water with mushrooms almost non-existent. The mains were average at best, which was a disappointment as we could have a better meal at a pizzeria (and cheaper too). Maybe we ordered the wrong dish because the reviews on TripAdvisor were mainly positive. I will not post the address here as I’m not recommending this restaurant – I think there are better ones out there.

Thankfully, we had a superb meal the next day – and that will be on the next travelogue!

← Previous travelgoue: Pompeii What’s next: Sorrento, Italy →
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  1. Susan says

    September 15, 2015 at 12:21 am

    A wonderful, cheerful and delicious follow up to Pompeii, Jasline! Delicious as well 🙂 Again, lovely photos!

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  2. Bam's Kitchen says

    September 9, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    Loving it! Love Italy! I have not ever been to Naples or the Amalfi coast but my dear friend just came back there from holiday and of course she had to rub it in all those blue skies and beautiful coast line views and now I am seeing the same here… Need to get this on my bucket list!

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