Sorrento headland and Naples

After two nights in Capri we headed, west around, back to the mainland and anchored up just outside the Marine Park to the east of Marina Di Casanova. We had been looking at the caves/tunnels as we had come along past Sorrento and here were some we could anchor near and go have a look at. They were impressive obviously years ago the locals had but steps down to some of them and shaped the natural fissures. We could see that some were used for boat storage and maintenance until very recently others had perhaps been abandoned a while ago as the edges were now above sea level. Very interesting to see sadly the wind picked up so we couldn’t stay we tried calling a few marinas, well 2 and both were full, so we headed north for the night, watching Mount Vesuvius off our starboard bow, settling for an anchorage to the West of Naples. I have been lucky enough to visit Naples and the historic sites of Pompei and Herculaneum before and John said that in this heat he really wouldn’t enjoy it so we might as well move on. That night was our visit sight of the green sea of the Gulf of Naples, not nice after the beautiful turquoise we have been experiencing.Read more