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  Vacanze a Sorrento Hotels in Sorrento Italy Holiday guide of Sorrento Hotels
Sorrento is famous in the world for his objects of marquetry; click here to discover the techniques and the ability of the great craftsmen of the past..
Sorrento is also famous for his specialities, in particular for "limoncello" a traditional liquor made from lemons.
About the origin of Sorrento the historian Diodoro Siculo, relating to a legend, asserted that the town was founded by Liparos, son of Ausone, who was the king of the Ausoni and son of Ulysses and of the witch Circe.
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  Sorrento, Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north-west on the Capo di Sorrento is another villa, the so-called Bagni della Regina Giovanna, with baths, and in the bay to the south-west was the villa of Pollius Felix, the friend of Statius, which he describes in Silvae ii.
In 1861 Sorrento was officially annexed to the new Kingdom of Italy.
Sorrento was the birthplace of the poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), author of the Gerusalemme Liberata.
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 Sorrento Italy Hotel Accommodation
Choosing our apartments means to stay in the delightful suites placed in the centre of Sorrento, only few metres from the central train and bus station to be able to reach in only a few minu...
The Hotel Leone is a recently built costruction,located in a strategical position in Sorrento, surrounded by orange and olive groves.
The hotel is situated in a residential area of Sorrento, a plesant and peaceful spot surrounded by Mediterranean gardens and villas shaded by secular trees.
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 Italian Language and Italian Cuisine in Sorrento, Italy.
Sorrento is a real haven of peace for study and creativity and it is not by chance that it has been, for more than three centuries, the destination of international artists, poets and musicians.
Sorrento, one of the most beautiful areas in all Italy, is a lovely, old town right on the coast, it is a strategic point from which you can quickly and easily connect to other main tourist attractions throughout the south of Italy.
Sorrento is a town that has always known how to turn every stay into an unforgettable holiday where sea, sand, colors, scents, relaxation, and cheerfulness create a magical mix alongside mythology, culture, and centuries-old tradition.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sorrento
Sorrento is situated at a considerable altitude above the sea, as it were on a peak.
Sorrento probably as early as the first century; the martyrs Quartus, Quartillus, and their companions are venerated there.
Sorrento has thirty-six parishes, 267 secular and 34 regular clergy, and 59,600 souls; 8 monasteries for men and 21 convents for women, 3 institutes for boys and 10 for girls.
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In località Sant'Agnello di Sorrento a soli 2 km dal centro di Sorrento e a 800 metri dal mare
Adagiato sul ridente promontorio che sovrasta la marina di Sant'Agnello, a pochi minuti da Sorrento, l'hotel Corallo, grazie all'incantevole posizione a picco sul mare con le ampie terrazze soleggiate, offre ai suoi ospiti un soggiorno immerso in un'atmosfera da sogno.
Relais Francesca, è situato in una zona residenziale al centro di Piano di Sorrento, immerso nel verde e circondato da uno splendido agrumeto, a pochi passi dal mare e a soli 2 km dal centro di Sorrento.
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 Zhone Technologies to Acquire Sorrento Networks
The officers and directors of Sorrento and Zhone may have interests in the proposed acquisition, some of which may differ from, or may be in addition to, those of the stockholders of Sorrento and Zhone generally.
In addition, Sorrento and Zhone, their respective officers, directors and certain other members of their management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Sorrento and Zhone in favor of the acquisition.
Information about the officers and directors of Sorrento and their ownership of Sorrento securities is set forth in the proxy statement for Sorrento's 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on December 9, 2003.
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 Sorrento: Travel, Tourist and Hotel Guide | Italy Heaven
Sorrento is situated on a plain above the sea, overlooking the Bay of Naples.
Time passes pleasantly in Sorrento; there are, of course, hundreds of tourist shops, but also relaxed cafes and restaurants where you can sit at pavement tables and watch the world go by.
Note that there aren't many actual beaches in Sorrento; sea access is generally via wooden or stone bathing platforms at the foot of the cliffs.
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 Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in sorrento Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Musk's house is in the heart of the historical center of Sorrento, between orange and lemon trees, along the characteristic alleys, it is an insolit accomodation for four people,furnished in style and recently renovated.
Sorrento is located on a tuff coast and is ref...
Located in the most beautiful square of Sorrento are some attractive Mediterranean-style studio apartments (each with its own combined living and kitchen area), giving onto a pretty private courtyard which is full of flowers and plants from early spring until the late autumn.
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 Sorrento East Property Owners Association Home Page
Sorrento East is a quiet neighborhood of about 700 homes: single-family houses, villas, and condominium apartments.
The Sorrento East Property Owners Association maintains liaison with governmental agencies, enforces the Deed Restrictions, encourages general maintenance of property values, coordinates communications among the members, and organizes social and recreational activities.
The one thing that impressed me about Sorrento East was the lack of cans and rubbish that people throw out their cars.
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 Sorrento Tour Official site - Italy Sorrento City Guide - Sorrento Hotels Accommodation Sorrento Italy, Amalfi Coast ...
On the hillside above Sorrento in one of the most panoramic spots of the sorrentine peninsula, immersed in the scents and colours of lemon and orange, just a few minutes (4km) from the city centre...
La Magnolia is a little piece of Heaven in the heart of Sorrento, the BandB is part of an elegant and noble villa, recently renovated and set in the historical centre of Piazza Tasso, very near to the train station.
Sorrento, native city of the poet Torquato Tasso, Sorrento land of colours, land of the Mermaids, city of the orange and lemon groves, etc...
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 Sorrento Coast - Apartments and Villas in Sorrento and surroundings - sorrento.cc - Vacations and holidays in Italy.
Sorrento Coast - Apartments and Villas in Sorrento and surroundings - sorrento.cc - Vacations and holidays in Italy.
Sorrento is one of the most romantic and famous tourist attractions in Italy.
A visitor, who spends his vacation in Sorrento, has the chance to visit also the nearby ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the seaside resorts in the Naples area such as Amalfi, Positano, Capri, Naples itself, Salerno and other beautiful places in the region.
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 Sorrento Hotels - Sorrento, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Hotel Villa Fiorita is located in a quiet position, in the middle of an olive grove, on the street between Sorrento and S. Agata to Positiano....
The B&B is part of an elegant and noble villa, recently renovated and set in the historical centre of Piazza Tasso, very near to the train station....
Casale Antonietta is situated in a residential area only 1 km from the centre of Sorrento and a few steps from the typical fishing village with beaches....
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 B&B, Alberghi, Agriturismi e Case Vacanze a sorrento.
Fondato a Sorrento nel maggio 2004, ottenuto dalla ristrutturazione di alcuni locali della casa colonica della famigli Ruocco.
Situata sulla zona collinare di Sorrento, Villa Monica gode di una splendida veduta sull'intero golfo di Napoli e dista soli 4 Km dal centro di Sorrento; collegata da mezzi pubblici a 300m.
Nella più bella piazza di Sorrento, a pochi metri dalla centralissima piazza Tasso, ci sono accoglienti monolocali in stile Mediterraneo armoniosamente inseriti nel verde di un bel cortile fiorito.
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 Sorrento Hotel Italy Ilustrated description of Sorrento Hotel Italy
Linked to the enchanting beauty of the place is the tradition whereby the name of Sorrento originates from the mythical mermaids whose soft singing tempted Ulysses and his crew in the Odyssey.
The cathedral of Sorrento was built in the eleventh century and reconstructed in the fifteenth century, continuing the style of Romanesque architecture.
It was Sorrento's cathedral from the XIIth to the XVth century.
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 Sorrento - SORRENTO - HOTELS IN SORRENTO ITALY
Sorrento has a lot to offer for those who like to visit places of artistic and cultural interest...
Sorrento is also famous for his specialities, in particular for "limoncello" a traditional liquor made from lemons.
Sorrento is famous in the world for his objects of marquetry; click here to discover the techniques and the ability of the great craftsmen of the past..
www.sorrentoweb.com /introuk/index.htm   (468 words)

  
 Sorrento, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorrento is a township of Victoria, Australia, almost at the far tip of the Mornington Peninsula about 1 and a half hours south of the Capital, Melbourne.
Sorrento is the site of Victoria's first settlement in 1803, 30 years before the founding of Melbourne.
The location was the inspiration for Tina Arena's 1994 single Sorrento Moon (I Remember), rather than the Italian location with the same name as many are led to believe.
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 Sorrento Hotels Italy Hotels Sorrento Apartments B&Bs Hotels in Sorrento
The Grand Hotel Flora is situated in the center of Sorrento at the main path of the town.
The antiche Mura Hotel (a Liberty styled building, in a privileged position, with the entry from the famous Tasso square, Sorrento centre), is the ideal for who wants to spend an unforgettable stay of luxury, plunged in the fashionable life of the town on the coast.
The Hotel Johanna Park is situated in a panoramic street of Sorrento and from the Hotel is possible to enjoy a great view at the Naples' gulf, at the Vesuvio and the islands.
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 Sorrento Italy Hotels and Hostels Online - Hotel and Youth Hostel booking in Sorrento Italy - international hotel ...
Sorrento Coast a 3 Stars Hotel located in the City Center and Panoramic view on Napoli Gulf and Vesuvius, at only 10 minutes from Sorrento, near the Train Station e Bus Terminal
The Grand Hotel Flora is comfortable and modern,and is situated in the centre of Sorrento.
Relais Francesca is situated in a residential area in the middle of the Sorrento plain immersed in green and surrounded by a citrus plantation.
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The Tourist Board of Sorrento and Sant’Agnello strongly wanted to keep this event surviving and this year we celebrate the 35th edition of the festival, which has become in the years the annual musical happening for the tourism of the entire peninsula.
The Fondazione Sorrento, in cooperation with the local Tourist Associations and the Town Hall of Sorrento and Sant’Agnello were of great help in the organization of the festival with the mutual purpose of arranging events of considerable interest to promote our area.
Marina of Sorrento hosts the descendants of ancient craftsman, maestri of ascia (axe's master), for an unmidful of time and nowadays too.
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 CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
Roman mythology places Sorrento as the spot where sailors were lured to their death by the songs of the sirens, mermaids who used their beautiful voices to lead men to their watery graves.
Sorrento is on the beautiful Amalfi Coast, a strip of land in Western Italy that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
Sorrento is equidistant from Naples and Salerno, exactly forty-three miles away from each.
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 Sorrento Hotel Villa Margherita Sorrento coast peninsula Italy - Official Site
Hotel Villa Margherita is located on the quiet Corso Crawford of Sant’Agnello, at 10 minutes from the historic center of Sorrento, among liberty style villas that once were the residence of poets and artists that chose Sorrento for its mild climate and the friendly attitude of its people.
A rich cultural atmosphere still prevails in Sorrento and Sant’Agnello and summer evenings are teaming with literature meets and concerts of classical music and jazz of the highest level performed in the beautiful setting offered by the cloister of San Francesco.
It is the comfortable line that connects the coastal towns of the Sorrento Peninsula with Naples and the islands of Capri and Ischia.
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Pleasant and elegant, in the heart of the peninsula of Sorrento, grafts him in a special context of relax and wonderful panoramas to live with calm and harmony with the nature.
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 Sorrento Hotels - Hotel in Sorrento - ITWG.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is a well known tourist and seaside resort on the north coast of the Sorrento peninsula, on a steep tufa terrace overlooking the Bay of Naples.
Located nearby the centre of sorrento, the hotel, is a cosy 4 star superior rating, offering to its guests an unforgettable stay, surrounded by nice smelling orange and lemon trees.
Overlooking the sorrento coast, surrounded by a luxuriant garden just a stone's throw from piazza tasso, in the heart of sorrento, the hotel eden welcomes its guests to a comfortable, typically mediterranean environment.
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 Sorrento Hotels - Sorrento Italy Hotel Reservations
Hotel Corallo is a few minutes far, from the town centre of Sorrento and it is situated on the cliff above theMarina of Sant'Agnello, with on front the whole Neapolitan bay.It enjoys a charming and quite position with large sunny terraces...
Locatedin the heart of Sorrento in a 18th century building, bandbéis born to satisfy the different needs of its guests.
Set high on the hill among the fragrant lemon and olive trees, and overlooking Sorrento and the coast, the Residence Le Terrazze is a delightful three star hotel which combines traditional Mediterranean design with modern facilities.The hotel is...
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 Sorrento Hostels - Reserve a hostel in Sorrento   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Our location is Sorrento (S.Agnello), a small town situated in the Gulf of Naples which, due to its geographical po...
Sorrento town Suites ??these are three words that describe perfectly this elegant bed and breakfast, the only one in its genre, in the heart of the centre of the old town.
Villa Oriana is located 5 minutes from the center of Sorrento, in a splendid scenic position which encompasses the Bay of Naples and the massive shape of Vesuvius on the horizon.
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 Sorrento Centre | Retreat & Conference Centre -- Our Labyrinth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sorrento Centre’s newest addition to its grounds, a brick labyrinth was laid outside Caritas lodge in the Spring of 1999.
Sorrento Centre is proud to be able to offer a labyrinth as part of our programs and retreats.
Sorrento Centre is Anglican in tradition, ecumenical in programming, and inclusive in welcome.
www.sorrento-centre.bc.ca /labyrinth.html   (284 words)

  
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Sorrento Peninsula: Sorrento, Piano di Sorrento, Sant'Agnello, Meta, Vico Equense, Massa Lubrense.
Sorrento Accommodation provides accommodation for holidays in Italy specialising in the Amalfi coast, the Sorrento peninsula and Capri regions.
CODE V00011 VILLA - SORRENTO - Villa Bellavista - 2 double bedroom, one room with one single bed, salon and kitchen, two bathrooms, ample terraces with panoramic view Gulf of Sorrento, Sorrento city, Ischia island, Vesuvius and the deep blue of the Gulf of Naples, parking (one car).
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