In pictures: The colourful harbour of Marina Grande
Tucked away around a headland which separates it from Sorrento is the pretty fishing port of Marina Grande. Pastel-coloured buildings line the harbour and the hillside above it, painted in summery shades of blue, pink, yellow and green. And down by the water the narrow strip of sand was packed with people on a sunny Sunday – fishermen painting their boats, restaurants serving up plates of freshly caught seafood, kids splashing in the sea and women gossiping while making a start on their tans. Flashy hotels line the cliffs above, but down in the harbour you feel like local life hasn’t changed for years, even though you’re only a 10-minute walk back to the traffic and bustle of central Sorrento.
Wonderful images! Particularly love the last one!
Thanks – the boats couldn’t have been better positioned, right in front of Vesuvius!
I spent a week in Sorrento many, many years ago with my sister – happy memories. Lovely to see your wonderful photos.
It’s such a great place! I’ve a post on Sorrento itself coming up soon too.
The second to last one shows so how diverse the color scheme is! SO MANY COLORS! I love it!
They reminded me of the pastel colours of gelato (probably as I’d been eating so much of it!)
What a magical place
It looks like it should be super-touristy but actually the houses were all just people’s homes and they were getting on with their normal lives.
What a charming little place and the colours of those buildings are lovely!
It was so pretty, we only ended up finding it by following a random road near our hotel, always the best way to find unexpected things!
Glad to see you’ve stopped following me and come home! (joke) I need to go back for some more photos.
Haha, it’s when I head out to Portugal that you have to start getting worried!
Lovely photos Lucy – where did you stay?
Thanks – we stayed at the Ulisse Deluxe, it was really good value and big rooms. I’m writing up a general Sorrento post at the moment so should have it up at the start of next week – have a few good bar and restaurant recommendations that might be useful (all the best prosecco spots!).
Great I’ll look forward to reading it – sounds like my kinda guide!!
Another great post, love this part of the Italian coast, we went there a few years ago and we just seem to get drawn to Italy every year. A small hotel, rent a cottage or fly by the seat of your pants its all good. Had a great day on the road that runs along that coast, we had to get a tyre replaced on the car and found the local garage was in a cave cut in to the mountain side with a rather neat shop front. We shopped in stores and ate in buildings that had been there since Roman times, really,really good post. If you are now gonna cost me a few quid at the travel agents because I get all inspired I will go right off you
This was my first trip to this part of Italy and I absolutely loved it – so much to see and when you’re tired of that you can sit on a beautiful terrace with a glass of wine and soak up the views. Perfect. I’m already planning my next trip (I should buy up some travel agency shares!).
I think I must have been a centurian in a previous life as we just never fail to find our way back to Italy. It’s very difficult to find the spot we like best as the terrain, the food “et al” is so different. We combined a trip to Florence with a two day cooking course at http://www.villapitiana.com/it/index.php. I have since seen some bad reviews on the place but in my experience they are rubbish the place was fantastic
That looks fantastic – I’ve been wanting to do a cookery course in Italy for ages and haven’t been to Florence yet so one to bookmark, thanks.
We had a fabulous lunch in the cafe/bar on the pontoon in your last photo!
Nice – it’s such a lovely spot there.