Tours & activities in Sorrento

Our English Motherlanguage speaking Tour Guide has all the competent experience to introduce you on aClassic Age trip to the past you shall not forget. A passionate scholar of the field the remarkable anecdotes which he shall reveal to you regarding the finding, manufacture and importance in History of the Ancient Art Collections you shall visit will clarify to you most aspects of that time and age in Art which most people find difficult to relate a proper link with, in terms of correct Time collocation and effective interpretation.of the Art piece considered.Also the background information will let you fully understand the social, historic and artistic dinamics of a time and age which most people feel extremely drawn to, but have not had the time and environment by which to fulfill their curiosity and passion. The extremely fascinating "Secret Cabinet" visit will disclose to you the extreme joyfulness, with which certain aspects of life were dealt with in the Roman Age.

Your Chaffeur and your private English speaking Guide will meet you at the hotel ready to drive you south on the motorway with views of Bay of Naples and Mt. Vesuvius, the still-active volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D - This Roman resort was buried by 21 feet of volcanic ash.Entering Pompeii, your 2 hours guided walking tour of the excavated area will take you in the city's baths, villas, theaters and wrestling grounds. Plaster casts mark the positions of the fallen, who were swiftly overcome by the volcanic ash. After lunch drive to Naples and discover with another guided tour the National Archaeological Museum, the most important of the world for roman fresco paintings and mosaics.Once in Naples, take a short orientation drive around the city (Castel Nuovo, San Carlo Opera House, Umberto I Gallery, the Royal Palace, San Francesco di Paola Church and the Castle of the Egg overlooking the spectacular Gulf of Naples)At the end of the tour return back to the hotel.

The Correale di Terranova museum, immersed in a garden of oranges and lemons, is a treasure chest full of treasures of incomparable beauty.Inside it houses several collections of various kinds ranging from inlay to Neapolitan painting from the 16th to the 18th, from works by the Flemish school to porcelain.Starting from the founders' room, the counts Alfredo and Pompeo Correale, we will visit the Sorrento inlay room, then move on to the archaeological section, which exhibits artifacts found in Sorrento and nearby cities.With this tour you will retrace the history of Sorrento and relive the daily life of the eighteenth-century nobles, surrounded by fine furnishings and incredible beauty.Not to be missed: the largest collection of Posillipo school in the world today and a walk on the terrace of the villa overlooking the Gulf of Naples.