Sorrento - a tourist trap in a beautiful setting. Today was a free day on our tour with no riding, though we could have used the bikes if we had wanted to. First today was to look out at the fantastic view of the Bay of Naples, and Mt Vesuvius. There’s no doubt that where we are would have been the perfect, if horrifying viewing point to see the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
We are at our 7th day travelling and time to get some laundry done. Right beside our hotel was a 24-hour laundry, but we had to wait a long time to get everything done as there was only one dryer. A lot later than expected, we headed down to Sorrento on foot - a walk of 45 minutes down a twisty path that if we knew how bad it was we would not have taken. We eventually reached Sorrento Centro at about 14:30 and found a pizza restaurant where we had nice wine and very ordinary pizza. In the land of pizza, this was a bit disappointing. Sorrento Centro is full of tourists (including us!) and there are lots of shops to tempt us to hand over our cash. We did a little shopping and enjoyed a beer in the sun. Very tired, we decided to take a taxi back to our hotel. We know this would be expensive, and our taxi driver was open and told us in advance that it would be €50-€55 for the short trip. It was €55 - but happy to pay to get back to our hotel. As I write this I am looking out over the Bay of Naples to Vesuvius - a beautiful memory to take into our next day on the road tomorrow.
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