sorrento is located on a tuff coast and is
 reflected in the gulf of naples, fascinating
 tourists and visitors, attracted by breathtaking
 views and landscapes. the town gives its name to
 the sorrento peninsula, a great area extended
 from vico equense to massa lubrense. this area,
 thanks to its geographical shape, suspended
 between the green hills and the blue of the seas,
 is from the time immemorial a great attraction of
 the southern italy. with its almost twelve
 thousands accommodations in over 150
 accommodations facilities and over ten extra
 accommodations  among camping, bed and
 breakfast, residences, hostels, holiday villages
 and thirty farm holidays  the sorrento coast is
 one of the most popular destinations of the
 entire campania region. it is also the ideal
 destination for italian visitors and foreign
 tourists, that want to plan excursions to capri,
 ischia, pompei, amalfi, positano, ercolano,
 paestum and vesuvius, places located at a
 distance of 50 kilometres. sorrento was first a
 phoenician colony , after that it became a port
 frequented by greeks for the commercial activity
 with naples and with others southern cities. it
 was named by greeks *syrenusion* or *syreon* that
 means siren*s land, the sirens were the
 mythological creatures half woman and half fish,
 that homer told in his famous work *odyssey*.
 these creatures with their song could fascinate
 the sailors.
 after the rule of oscans and sannites it was
 submitted by romans. the romans appreciated so
 much the beauties of this place that during the
 imperial period it was elected an holiday
 destination of patricians, as the numerous villas
 witness. it was the native country of torquato
 tasso. from time immemorial sorrento has
 exercised a particular charm which has attracted
 poets and literary men like goethe, lamartine,
 stendhal, de bouchard, byron to d*annunzio,
 ibsen, douglas, musicians like rossini, liszt,
 mendelssohn, wagner, painters like pinelli,.

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