Day 60 - Better than our Sorrento?

We decided to drive further along the Amalfi Coast to Sorrento. We originally planned to take the scenic ocean route along the coast but the gps didn't agree with our choice and took us via the inland highway route, which was probably for the best as it meant we got to Sorrento a lot sooner. 

We've been driving in Italy for a few days now, and had to endure some pretty bad driving as well as a road rage incident that was so dumb it was funny. Initially we thought Italian drivers were crazy, then we decided on dangerous, but there has to be an element of stupidity there as well, as it makes no sense why anyone who wasn't stupid would drive so badly and risk their lives just to get one car further ahead. We also can't understand how they can just park their cars wherever they want, including narrow Amalfi coast roads, that barely fit one car, let alone two and a parked one. We saw that many of the cars have bumps and scrapes, so we're happy we didn't take that rental car upgrade.

It wasn't hard to know that we had arrived in Sorrento as we were met with piles of tourists in groups everywhere, and this is just the shoulder season. We found a car park and followed a walking route, but as it seems that all the upmarket hotels have hogged the ocean cliff faces as there wasn't much coast to see until we headed towards the port areas. 

We did see that there were man made decks on the water with cafes and sun lounges, but it all came across as a bit underwhelming compared to our beaches. We walked down to the old port with its tiny grey beach and desperate sunbathers trying to squeeze a tan out of 24 degree weather while we sat and enjoyed a drink. 

Sorrento certainly is an interesting town but it seems that to enjoy the area you would need to stay at a hotel on the ocean side, so we were quite happy with our choice of staying in our little village of Vietri.