Tips on Naples

SORRENTO

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CATTEDRALE DEI SANTI FILIPPO E GIACOMO. A single nave and a central ceiling entirely painted on canvas. It houses an important crib of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan tradition. Via Santa Maria della Pietà, 44, Sorrento. 0818782248 www.cattedrale­sorrento.it

MUSEO BOTTEGA DELLA TARSIA LIGNEA. A rich collection of furniture and objects of the typical Sorrento handicraft. Palazzo Pomarici-Santomasi, via San Nicola, 28. T: +39 0818771942 www. museomuta.it

MUSEO CORREALE DI TERRANOVA. More than 10 thousand pieces including furniture, majolica, clocks, figures of the crib and wooden objects of the traditiona­l Sorrento workmanshi­p of the wooden inlay. Via Correale, 50. T: +39 0818781846 www.museocorre­ale.it

MUSEO GEORGES VALLET. Named after the archaeolog­ist of the same name, it collects the documentat­ion and results of the excavation campaigns carried out in the Sorrento area. Via Ripa di Cassano, Piano di Sorrento. T: +39 0818087078

VILLA COMUNALE. Built at the end of 1800, is a terrace overlookin­g the sea scented by green orange trees with a beautiful view of the Gulf. Via San Francesco.

VILLA FIORENTINO. In neoclassic­al style, reminiscen­t of the American villas of the twentieth century. It is the seat of the Sorrento Foundation. Corso Italia, 53. T: +39 0818782284 www. fondazione­sorrento.com

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