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A SHORT TOUR
OF THE SURRENTINE PENINSULA
Surrentine peninsula, native area of the poet Torquato Tasso, born in 1544, is a land of colours: along the coast, rugged and inaccessible cliffs soar upwards between beautiful beaches, hidden caves, enchanting bays and sheltered coves. Whereas inland, the high plains, rolling hills and lofty mountains are seared by deep valleys to create a truly unique landscape in which man has also left a clear sign of his remarkable work: the more impervious areas have been modelled into the now famous terraces, those huge steps descending into the sea on which man has planted vin yards and groves of orange, lemon and olive trees.
Coming from Naples the first town in the Peninsular is Vico Equense with its Giusso Castle on the coast and the austere Mont Faito (1400 metres high) which allows you to pass from the sea to the mountain in just a few minutes. Next we find Meta di Sorrento , a town hidden in a maze of alleyways whose small hamlets and sun-drenched beaches are a must for visitors. Piano di Sorrento is a bustling town which harmoniously blends its sea-faring vocation with its rural identity and its tole as a major shopping centre. The hill rising up behind the town is traverded by narrow roads flanked by high walls that enclose centuries-old orange and lemon groves.
Beyond Piano di Sorrento we enter
Sant’Agnello
which
looks out over the sea from a high tufastone cliff that enchanted the royal
house of Bourbon and led royalty from all over Europe to build majestic villas
here.
Also overlooking the sea and framed by the surronding hills, the international town of Sorrento with its historic city centre, its harbours and gardens of orange and lemon trees.
Finally, the
delighful little town of
Massa Lubrense, situated on the very tip
of the Penisular looking out to Island of Capri
: a veritable oasis with
numerous footpaths linking up ancient farm houses and archeological sites
nestling into the Mediterranean maquis which offer superb views out to sea and
down onto enchanting little coves.
In the eighteenth century, the sorrentine Peninsula was discovered by the grand tour and intellectuals from all over Europe, including Nietzsche and Ibsen,Byron, Keats, Scott, Dickens, Goethe, Wagner, Nitzsche ..... The same period saw an intensification of the more traditional activities such as agricolture, sea trade and tourist industry.