Return to Italy - Rome, Naples, and Sorrento Part 3

So here we are at Part 3 (Part 1 or Part 2 here) of this exciting adventure travelling around parts of Italy, as I said in the last post we went back to Naples to get our boat over to Sorrento. While we was in Naples we had a look around the market, It was very busy and crowded down little side streets.

We had to go to the Port of Naples to get our boat. There was so many huge cruise boats docked here waiting to go back off. Our boat didn't really take that long to go over to Sorrento around about 30 minutes. You got a nice view of Vesuvius while travelling along.

Port of Naples

Mount Vesuvius, the boat had dirty windows 

Once we got over to Sorrento, I was amazed at all the stray cats again. There was so many of them just sitting around near the dock of Sorrento, they even had a little bed. It was so cute, some of them even was hopping on and on buses.

We made our way up to the top and to our hotel. Sorrento is so pretty and clean, unlike Naples. All the Christmas decorations are up so that was nice we got to see that. Our hotel was along by a row of shops, right next door to a supermarket.

This hotel was called Hotel Sorrento City, it was lovely and clean, with friendly staff, we got breakfast and free Wifi.

Hotel Sorrento City

So while we were staying in Sorrento, we went and visited a few places, Capri being one. We had to get a ferry over to the island which only took about 30 minutes. After having a walk about we did one of the many boat trips they have on the port, this was a private boat trip just for the two of us which cost about €80 - €90 Euros after you tip the man doing the trip. He drove us around about half the island showing us some of the history and special places. I do recommend doing this if you enjoy boat trips, I very much enjoyed every minute of it.

Map of Capri

Another one of the days spent in Sorrento, we traveled to a place called Positano. This time we got a bus there it went around the coast, this was a really enjoyable journey also seeing the sights on the bendy cliff roads. Once in Positano we had a wonder about the shops and town. This is another wonderful place to visit if going to Italy the scenery is beautiful.

I also went for a swim in the sea here, I couldn't believe how warm the sea was for November time. I'm pretty sure this place would be very crowded in the summer time, so going in the November time was great we had the beach pretty much all to ourselves. There was some more stray cats here too.

After spending a good few hours here we hopped back on the bus and decided to carry on to the next town which was Laurito, we went down this really steep stair way which lead to a small pier at the bottom where you could do fishing I believe. Another pretty place, so many pretty places I really want to go back to Italy again.

More stray cats found in Laurito

 We returned back to Sorrento on the bus, only to find all the Christmas lights had been turned on, how lucky was we to get to see this. What lovely decorations, this town was lit up beautifully.

 We have now come to our last day, returning back to Naples to get our flight back to London. We decided to make two more stops on the way back before returning to Naples and that was Pompei and Herculaneum. Anyone that is staying near Naples, needs to visit Pompei and Herculaneum the places are amazing.

Ancient Pompeii is really huge to walk around and I was having trouble walking about at this point from walking about so many places I had got blisters so I was in a bit of pain, but I did want to see all this history so I put up with the pain. There is so much to see here, from houses to temples, baths to theaters the ruins were great. I really enjoyed my time seeing these places. The price wasn't a bad price either, you can buy tickets to visit both the ruins.

Pompei ruins

Walls of Pompei building

 Herculaneum, is smaller to walk around than Pompei but still worth the visit, you have to walk down this long path to get into the ruins again this has got ruins of houses, temples and all sorts.

Ancient Ruins of Herculaneum.

flying back, view of Naples City from above.

Well that's about it! It's over I hope you enjoyed the read the photos and got some use out of reading this three part blog, Do let me know what you think. I am still new to writing this things, but I hope it's been of some use even if you did just used it to view the photos. Thanks for reading and do follow if you enjoy these posts! Aimee