Shopping

Via San Cesareo is Sorrento's main shopping street. Specialty shopping includes the bounty from local farms and groves -- lemons and lemon products, walnuts, D.O.P. olive oil, and Penisola Sorrentina D.O.C. wine (some experts call it "the Beaujolais of Campania") -- and the slowly disappearing local crafts: lace and embroideries, and wood intarsia and marquetry furniture.

For fresh ricotta formed in traditional handmade baskets and a sample of local products, head to one of Apreda's two locations: Via Tasso 6 (tel. 081-8782351) or Via del Mare 20 (tel. 081-8074059). You can find excellent limoncello and other specialties at Sapori & Colori, Via San Cesareo 26 and 57 (tel. 081-8784278 or 081-8773552), and Luigia Gargiulo, Corso Italia 48 (tel. 081-8781081) sells lovely, intricate embroideries. Gargiulo & Jannuzzi, Piazza Tasso 1 (tel. 081-8781041), offers the best wood intarsia; you can visit the workshops for a demonstration of this ancient technique that follows centuries-old patterns. At the weekly street market, vendors sell everything from crockery to swimming suits (Tues morning, parking lot on Via San Renato).