Splendid Five-Star Sorrento Food Tour on Amalfi Coast

Our luxury Splendid Sorrento food tour can be customized to suit your tastes. A sample week follows, but the itinerary may be altered slightly due to weather, season, and opening and closing time of establishments. Please inquire if you are interested in more modest B&B accommodations at a significant savings. 

Day One – Sunday

• Transfer from the Naples airport or train station to your 5* hotel, your home for your Amalfi Coast food tour. Check-in and free time to relax or explore.
• This evening, enjoy a welcome drink on the rooftop bar, then a 3-course dinner at the hotel’s restaurant (beverages not included, paid locally).
• Overnight.

Day Two – Monday

• Breakfast, followed by some time to relax, perhaps by the pool.
• Later in the morning, take part in a pizza-making demonstration with an English-speaking “pizzaiolo” who will prepare your pizzas in the wood-fired oven.
• Enjoy your customized pizza creations for lunch.
• In the afternoon, transfer to downtown Sorrento to meet your local guide for a 3-hour guided food tour focussing on the local foods and arts of Sorrento. Many food tastings and much laughter included!
• If you are still hungry, dinner on your own with suggestions from the hotel’s concierge.
• Overnight.

Day Three – Tuesday

• Breakfast.
• Today enjoy a full-day visit to the famous Amalfi Coast. Visit famous Positano and beautiful Amalfi, with its distinctive cathedral and shops.
• Lunch on your own.
• In the afternoon, head to Montepertuso, a beautiful village surrounded by green hills just above Positano.
• While here, meet Chef Salvatore at his restaurant for a hands-on cooking class focused on traditional Amalfi Coast dishes.
• Dinner to follow based on your efforts, along with a limoncello tasting!
• Overnight.

Day Four – Wednesday

• Folowing breakfast, depart for a driving excursion to Pompeii to discover the ruins of the Roman city, which was destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD. Experience a 2-hour guided tour of the site.
• Later in the morning proceed on your food tour of Southern Italy to the Volcano Vesuvio to stop at a wine estate for a wine tasting. You will visit the wine cellar and enjoy a light lunch with wine tasting.
• Return to Sorrento late afternoon and enjoy an afternoon at leisure. 
• Overnight.
• Breakfast.

Day Five – Thursday

• Breakfast.
• In the morning take the shuttle to attend a hands on cooking class at a local cooking school. Learn to prepare traditional southern Italian cuisine, and enjoy lunch with wine after the class.  
• Afternoon on your own. Perhaps explore the town of Sorrento; In Sorrento, there is an abundance of shops from designer brands to locally-produced goods, such as linens. You can either use the hotel’s shuttle or enjoy the 15-minute walk to the main square.
• Dinner on your own and overnight.

Day Six – Friday

• After breakfast, depart by private Gozzo for the beautiful island of Capri for a full-day trip to paradise. A Gozzo is a traditional Sorrentine fishing boat. This very special day will include 3 hours on board the gozzo and 3 hours on the island to explore on your own. (Please note that Capri has recently instituted a tax of €100 per person to disembark at Marina Grande, payable on the spot to the local authorities. If you would like to avoid this fee, you can ask to be dropped at Marina Piccolo. If the Capri excursion is unavailable due to had weather, an alternate excursion will be proposed.)
• Inhabited in prehistoric times, Capri was once a Greek colony and then a resort of emperors in the early years of the Roman Empire. The Emperor Augustus resided here, and Tiberius built several villas, one of which, the Villa Iovis, which is located on the island’s northeastern tip overlooking Naples, has been excavated. During the 10th century the population, fearing pirate raids, moved from seaside settlements to the present towns, Capri (east) and Anacapri (west), high above the shore.
• In the Middle Ages, Capri belonged to the Abbey of Montecassino and to the republic of Amalfi before become part of the Kingdom of Naples. There are ruins of two medieval castles, the Castello di Barbarossa and the Castiglione, and the oldest church (from the 10th and 11th centuries) is that of St. Costanzo, the island’s patron saint. The Villa San Michele, built by the Swedish writer Axel Munthe, is on the site of a Tiberian villa. You will have time to explore the island on your own before the boat ride back.
• Return back to Sorrento in the afternoon.
• Farewell tasting dinner at the hotel (wine included).

Day Seven – Saturday

• Breakfast and check out. Transfer either to the Naples train station or Naples airport.