Shop Products
Houzz Logo Print
jim_1

A long cruise - Sorrento, Italy - part 1

jim_1 (Zone 5B)
9 years ago

The original itinerary for this cruise included arrival in Sorrento on November 16 and leaving on November 17. However...many cruise ships in the past have had to alter their itinerary. Ours was changed, too.

After we left the Canary Islands, we received a notice from the ship's staff that we would arrive in Naples on November 16 as the weather forecast was for choppy seas. By arriving in Naples, we could tie up to a pier; whereas in Sorrento, we had to anchor offshore and use the ship's tenders to get on land.

As it turned out, the weather was awesome, no waves. However, we had contracted with the folks in Naples to arrive on November 16, so that is what happened. We began our tour of the Amalfi Coast from Naples, rather than Sorrento (making it more expensive), but we were to have several hours in Sorrento.

With calm waters, the ship moved from Naples to Sorrento in the early hours of November 17.

I will present information in two parts, but not necessarily in the order we saw them.

This is the view of the Tyrrhenian Sea with Naples in the background.

Comments (7)