Naples, Italy
Shore Excursion and Port Review
A Taste of Sorranto and Pompeii Excursion

Evan Gray

Although I personally wasn’t very impressed with Naples itself, the port is a connection point to a great variety of places. Naples appeared to me to simply be a large city supposedly filled with con men and pickpockets. However, our tour bypassed Naples, and instead went to Sorrento and then on to Pompeii. Our tour was called “Taste of Sorrento with Pompeii.” This was by far our favorite excursion. Our tour guide, Enzo, was amazing and made the excursion even more enjoyable. Following a very scenic drive along the coast our bus dropped us off at a farm in the hills outside of Sorrento. It was a genuine Italian farm with lemon trees, multiple crops and an old world charm. We saw a demonstration of making homemade mozzarella, and were treated to a sampling of bread, mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and salami. We also had an opportunity to taste and buy the limoncello made at the farm. Then we went into Sorrento where we had free time to explore the town. I absolutely loved Sorrento because it’s not touristy and is a charming, nice sized town. We found beautiful wood in-lays at good prices, and the shopping in general was pretty good. If you can, go to Sorrento, because I was wishing when we left that we had more time there. I probably would have liked to spend a whole day there. Finally we went to Pompeii. The guided tour helped with navigating and understanding the ruins, and made the experience more worthwhile. A return visit should include a trip to the Herculaneum ruins to get contrast with what’s at Pompeii. Other people we talked to also raved about Capri and the Amalfi Coast, so there are many tour options around Naples.

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