Sorrento
Sorrento
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| Comune di Sorrento | |
Sorrento and the Bay of Naples | |
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Coat of arms | |
Sorrento Location of Sorrento in Italy Sorrento Sorrento (Campania) | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′34″N 14°22′34″E / 40.62611°N 14.37611°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan city | Naples (NA) |
| Frazioni | Casarlano, Cesarano, Marano, Priora, Santa Lucia, Sorrento Capo, Sorrento Marina Grande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Massimo Coppola (since 2020) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 15,163 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sorrentino/Sorrentini (masculine), Sorrentina/Sorrentine (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Patron saint | St. Antoninus |
| Saint day | February 14 |
| Website | comune |
Sorrento (/səˈrɛntoʊ/ sə-REN-toh; Italian: Sorrento [sorˈrɛnto]; Neapolitan: Surriento [surˈrjendə]; Latin: Surrentum), officially Comune di Sorrento (Municipality of Sorrento) is a city and comune overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the southern terminus of a main branch of the Circumvesuviana rail network, within easy access from Naples and Pompei. The city is widely known for its small ceramics, lacework and marquetry (woodwork) shops.
The Sorrentine Peninsula has views of Naples, Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri. The Amalfi Drive, connecting Sorrento and Amalfi, is a narrow road along the high cliffs above the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ferries and hydrofoils connect the city to Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri and Ischia.
Limoncello, a digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar, is produced in Sorrento along with citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives.