Sorrento Honeymoon (Pic Heavy)

[Aaron..]

Went over to Sorrento for our honeymoon last week. Absolutely stunning place which I'd recommend to anyone.

We booked with Thomson and stayed in the Grand Hotel Aminta which was about 10-15 minute walk down to town but there were also courtesy buses which ran every hour. Another place I would highly recommend. The food was superb, the staff were faultless and the location was great as it wasn't too far away from town but it was quiet enough to be out of all the hustle and bustle and beeping horns of the scooters!

The view from our hotel room, the Island is Ischia which we wanted to go to but just ran out of time.

Sunset by A_Cro, on Flickr

Sunset and car lights by A_Cro, on Flickr

And from the hotel terrace, Mt Vesuvius.

Vesuvius by A_Cro, on Flickr


View from the path down to town

Sorrento by A_Cro, on Flickr

The "Men's Club" in town. Simple rules, no women and no camera's inside.

Sedile Dominova by A_Cro, on Flickr

One of many street sellers.

Street seller by A_Cro, on Flickr

And his produce

Chillies by A_Cro, on Flickr


Took a trip over to Pompeii. Something that has to be done if you are anywhere near the area.
We decided to get the train for 4 Euro's return as apposed to the 40 Euro's that Thompson wanted. Each! We wouldn't have seen this guy if we went on the coach too!

Sax player by A_Cro, on Flickr

In to Pompeii. I'd read a few bits on it but I didn't realise how bloody big the site was! Plus it was pushing 35 degrees!

Pompeii amphitheatre by A_Cro, on Flickr

colosseum by A_Cro, on Flickr

Even with a wide angle lens, its hard to show the size of the Colosseum inside.

Inside the colosseum by A_Cro, on Flickr

Mt. Vesuvius in the background

Pompeii and its destroyer by A_Cro, on Flickr

Pompeii Ruins by A_Cro, on Flickr

Remains that have been excavated. All locked behind big iron gates.

Pompeii by A_Cro, on Flickr

Pompeii by A_Cro, on Flickr


Took a trip up Vesuvius. We took the train to Pompeii and then booked in on a Unimog tour (22 Euro each)

Cloud had set in pretty quick once we were up there. Again, hard to get the scale with the camera. Very impressive though!

Top of the volcano by A_Cro, on Flickr

We only went on one excursion through Thomson which was the Amalfi coast on boat with stops at Amalfi and Positano, plus some little coves and a place to swim. Picked up at 9 am from the hotel and after an interesting drive to the harbour, we got on a boat and headed off. Well worth the 80 Euro each. We were fed on board and supplied with drinks too. Trip lasted 11 hours and there were only 12 people on board.

Colourful by A_Cro, on Flickr

The boat stopped at this little set of islands so people could get off for a swim

Boat trip by A_Cro, on Flickr

Over to Amalfi

Amalfi by A_Cro, on Flickr

Grand steps by A_Cro, on Flickr

A couple of the boats moored up there. Stunning!

Money at Sea by A_Cro, on Flickr

Then we went over to Positano which personally, I think is much better than Amalfi.

Positano houses by A_Cro, on Flickr

Positano Church by A_Cro, on Flickr

Inside by A_Cro, on Flickr


Then on to see some hidden coves. This used to be a fishing cove. Only accessible via boat.

Hidden cove by A_Cro, on Flickr

Heading back to Sorrento

Boat at sunset by A_Cro, on Flickr

Sunset over Ishcia by A_Cro, on Flickr


Another trip we wanted to do was Capri. To be honest, it wasn't that great! Extremely busy with a lot of excursion parties there.

Capri by A_Cro, on Flickr

Capri Steps by A_Cro, on Flickr

Vespa by A_Cro, on Flickr



And a couple more from Sorrento.

Boat by A_Cro, on Flickr

Sorrento Harbours by A_Cro, on Flickr

Bay of Naples by A_Cro, on Flickr

Ride by A_Cro, on Flickr

Cheers for looking.

Aaron.

C&C appreciated

 

[banther]

Stunning shots mate.

Pompeii is really interesting too - went on a school trip and even enjoyed it then!!

 

[Habitual]

Great thread Aaron.

Looks and sounds amazing.

My favourite pic has to be 'Positano houses'.

Good work!

 

[Stefan.]

Nice pics and congrats!

 

[Aaron..]

Cheers Tom.
There are so many little towns built in to the hills that you simply wouldn't see if you took the bus drive (that I was going to do)

Definitely somewhere to visit. Food is superb too.

Pompeii really is stunning too and so interesting. I was going to do Herculaneum but will do that next time we go I think.

 

[Eddie.]

Great pictures, always wanted to go, looks like a stunning place.

 

[Mr Burns]

Always love your photography.

 

[Scrooge]

Amazing as usual! Looks a great place!

 

[Andy.]

Really nice shots!

 

[unofficialPete]

Superb, was also there at the same time! Was going to share some images, maybe not anymore

How much did you enjoy the train between Naples/Pompeii/Sorrento. We called it the death train, mugging felt inevitable!

 

[Coby.]

Gorgeous pics, I'm off to Venice in a month and just ordered my first DSLR so looking forward to trying my hand at capturing some nice pics.

 

[Mr Burns]

Gorgeous pics, I'm off to Venice in a month and just ordered my first DSLR so looking forward to trying my hand at capturing some nice pics.

Make sure you learn to use it in manual mode ASAP, I wish I'd started sooner.

 

[Coby.]

Hoping it will arrive this week then it'll give me a few weeks to play about with it, Off to Centre Parcs the week before Venice so will play about with it there as a test shoot.

 

[Aaron..]

Cheers guys. Really is a great place to go and we were lucky with the weather as the weeks before and after were a bit sketchy.

Superb, was also there at the same time! Was going to share some images, maybe not anymore

How much did you enjoy the train between Naples/Pompeii/Sorrento. We called it the death train, mugging felt inevitable!

I thought the train was alright. We were the last stop in sorrento and only got the train to Pompeii scavi. Couple of people who I thought looked iffy but other than that, it was just people going to Pompeii /Vesuvius.

There was one strange station though, right on a bridge over a massive gorge. Suicide stop!

 

[Brazo]

Great viewpoint on the last image. I reckon a tighter crop on 'colourful' particularly the top green bit would make it even more stand outy!