Sorrento: Is it Budget Friendly? Holiday Hacks, Sun Beds & Private Beaches

In today’s episode we’ll  be covering our next destination, Sorrento. We'll be chatting about:

• Why we went to Sorrento
• Exploring the Almalfi Coast
• Transport, accommodation, food and fun
• The value for money
• and some overall tips if you're planning on visiting Sorrento, Naples or the Almalfi Coast

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Sorrento is not located on the Amalfi Coast, but instead on the Sorrentine Peninsula in the region of Campania in southern Italy between the Bay of Naples and the famed coastline.

- Sorrento is extremely popular with Irish people. Hotel Bristol does great package deals.

Food:

Garden bar
Kiosk bar

Le Petit Bistr96
Qui

Fun: The Issue with Sunbeds

Go to Ischia rather than Capri

Break into a hotel beach

Piazza della Vittoria

Piazza Tasso

Overall Score for Sorrento: 67

 

ABOUT SEASON ONE

Irish Expats Cormac and Jane discuss their highs and lows of travel. Season one follows their journey across Italy. Topics include remote working, realistic travel budgets, top tips, and what it’s really like to work and live abroad. In season one, each episode will focus on a region or city they visited on their six-week holiday from Southern Naples to Lake Garda in the North.

ABOUT US

Cormac is a professional Irish bartender having worked in the hotel and bar industry for 8 years. Originally from Leitrim, he studied Hotel Management and Business at GMIT. He was working in Galway in the bar trade for 5 years before he decided to move abroad. His original plan was to work on a vineyard in Northern Italy using WWOOF. 

Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a worldwide movement to link visitors with organic farmers, promote a cultural and educational exchange, and build a global community conscious of ecological farming and sustainability practices. Find out more: https://wwoof.net

Jane is a communications consultant working in the culture and energy sectors. She has previously produced and promoted international organisations including Web Summit, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and European Capital of Culture projects. After 10+ years of working in Communications & Events, Jane has transitioned to fully remote consulting work. Although regularly travelling back to Ireland for work, she is now based in Florence with Cormac.

 

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Here is our day by day excel sheet of our 6 week summer trip across Italy. It includes the following categories: Dates, Transport Methods, Accommodation Links, Fun (Tours, Bars & Excursions), Food and Tips for the following cities:

• Naples
• Salerno
• Sorrento
• Rome
• Siena
• Florence
• La Spezia (and Riomaggiore)
• Venice
• Desenzano del Garda
• Sirmione
• Malcesine
• Riva del Garda

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JOIN OUR EVENTS: The Irish Pub Tour (Florence)

Join Cormac and Jane for a tour of the best Irish pubs in Florence. Learn about the history of Irish whiskeys and gins, how to pull the perfect pint of Guinness and make new friends on a drinking adventure across the beautiful city of Florence.

The group travels to four bars across the city. 4+ Drinks included. Learn more: https://www.airbnb.ie/experiences/4177857

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We’re Jane and Cormac. We hope you enjoyed our Sorrento episode and come back next time where we’ll be talking about our next leg of the trip in Italy, Rome. If you liked our podcast then please subscribe, and please give us a 5 star review, it’s free and takes just a couple of seconds. You can follow us on socials at altlivin and you can download our excel sheet with all of accommodation, restaurant, transport, experience and budget details for our six week holiday on altlivin.com.