Positano vs Sorrento
Mar 23rd, 2004, 10:24 AM
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Lest there be any confusion Sorrento is not a mid-sized city (Boston would qualify as a mid sized city) - it is a town and not a particularly large one. But Positano is considerably smaller - could best be described as a village in size and feel. And Sorrento is not flat, but fairly hilly - just not nearly as hilly as Positano - which is built into the side of a mountain.
Mar 23rd, 2004, 11:07 AM
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I echo what Grasshopper said, that while both places certainly have plenty of tourists, Positano felt to me like a place that's overwhelmingly there for tourists, whereas Sorrento felt more like a "real" Italian town where, as she noted, Italians work in industries unrelated to tourism.
That's not to say a place that is overwhelmingly there for tourists is bad, of course. Venice is very much that way, yet I find it to be a fascinating, beautiful, and romantic city.
Sorrento is an attractive town, but Positano is dramatically picturesque, the way the houses appear to cling to the Amalfi coast cliffs.
That's not to say a place that is overwhelmingly there for tourists is bad, of course. Venice is very much that way, yet I find it to be a fascinating, beautiful, and romantic city.
Sorrento is an attractive town, but Positano is dramatically picturesque, the way the houses appear to cling to the Amalfi coast cliffs.
Mar 23rd, 2004, 01:16 PM
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Amrach - the answer to your question about the beaches is a qualified "yes." Neither Sorrento nor Positano has a beach to rave about. The beach in Positano is fairly long, but it is a pebble beach, not sand. Sorrento has a couple of private sandy beaches which for a nominal fee (I think less than 5 Euro) you can either pick a spot on the narrow sandy strip or out on the concrete breakwater about 300 feet off-shore. Both the Sorrento beach and the Positano beach have many motorboats coming in fairly close to where people are swimming. If you are looking for a beach vacation, I don't think either location is ideal. I might head further down the coast to Tropea in Calabria instead.
Mar 23rd, 2004, 01:24 PM
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the water near Positano is very clean inspite of all the boats that are docking near the beach. Look into hotel l'Ancora in Positano. It should be about $250 in July and the views from the hotel are breathtaking. It is a sister hotel of Covo de Sarceni, so you can use their pool if you so desire. We never used the pool though because we swam in the sea.
