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In this FINAL Italy blog, we'll tell you about the ancient town of Sorrento, Italy. You'll learn about the famous lemons and a powerful alcoholic drink made from them.
We were there about 3 hours, so we had enough time to eat lunch and walk around the shops (there were a LOT of them). There really wasn't anything else to do other than shop from where we were. However, it's a beautiful little town.
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WHAT IS SORRENTO? - Sorrento is a coastal town in southwestern Italy, facing the Bay
of Naples on the Sorrentine Peninsula. Perched atop cliffs that separate
the town from its busy marinas, it’s known for sweeping water views and
Piazza Tasso, a cafe-lined square. The historic center is a warren of
narrow alleys that's home to the Chiesa di San Francesco, a 14th-century
church with a tranquil cloister, according to the Sorrento Travel Guide on-line. Sorrento is also famous for pasta, cookies and producing olive oil. The town was built around 1 B.C.
FAMOUS LEMONS - The area is famous for lemon trees that grown gigantic lemons about the size of footballs, and many olive trees. The Sorrento lemon has a lemondrop yellow, highly fragrant, medium-thick
peel. Its ovate in shape with tapered ends. The pulp is translucent
yellow in color and yields a large quantity of semi acidic juice. Sorrento lemons are actually harvested year-round with a peak season from spring to late fall.
There are so many lemons they sell lemonade, lemon cookies, soaps, ceramics, candies, gelato and well, anything lemon-related you can think of!
LIMONCELLO - this is a powerful alcoholic drink made from Sorrento's famous lemons.
Limoncello is a liqueur and after dinner digestive. The flavor comes from the yellow locally-grown lemon skins in pure alcohol. It is a staple
along the Amalfi Coast. Tom really enjoyed it.
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THAT WRAPS UP THE ITALY BLOGS!
We hope you've enjoyed visiting all of these interesting places with us over the last 91 blogs.
Wow. A 9 day trip took 91 blogs to share. I guess that's because there were so many interesting or unusual things to talk about.
