After a breakfast of warm cornetti & local pastries, chocolate milk, Italian coffee and sweet tea, we went for a walk down the cliff to the picturesque port of Sorrento. As you walk down the narrow and winding streets, you can peek into beautifully green covered terraces and patios, or gape at the multi coloured houses that decorate each bend of the steep descent to the harbour.
Sorrento is also well known for its lemon groves, in fact they are scattered around the outer part of town and encaged like precious jewels in netted plots. So forget about going to Sorrento and not trying the lemon risotto! I tried this specialty in every restaurant we ate in and I can say that the best one was at Ristorante Sant’Antonino. This family-style restaurant is hidden at the top of a staircase of a small side street, over a rooftop garden nestled in the shade of lemon and orange trees and enveloped by a delicious citrusy aroma. The menu offers a lot of options, which is especially good if you have picky children like ours!
The girls loved this bite size town and we enjoyed many passeggiate (strolls) through the busy and narrow streets of Sorrento, while doing some souvenir shopping; mainly food and locally made Limoncello to bring back home with us. But as we came across a small sandal workshop I had to stop and look inside. One wall was lined with leather soles for bespoke orders and the other with ready-made sandals. Cagisa is a small family-run workshop, where husband and wife spend their days making the typical Capri style leather sandals perfectly tailored to your size. You can choose from a range of colours and designs or make your own. The girls and I spent half the afternoon chatting away with the owner and his wife while he was making our shoes and left with 2 pairs of custom sandals each!
