Wine & Food Tour Of Naples, Sorrento and Amalfi Coast

By
Giovanni Buonaiuto

19 May 2021

Campania is Italy’s finest gastronomic centres, renowned for its pizza, buffalo mozzarella, ham, truffles, oil, mountain cheeses and more.

If you were to choose one place in southern Italy, for a gastronomic trip, this would be it, and if you can come during the town’s major fairs (spring, summer), so much the better.

Day 1: (Naples- Pozzuoli) 60 Km (37 miles)

Breakfast with handmade Italian food (ham, salumi, savory stuffed roll, pastry, cookies, cakes);
Today we will visit Naples and will drive along to Pozzuoli where we will arrive after 30 Km (18 miles) to visit a “Campi Flegrei DOC” winery with a wine tasting, and lunch.
Then we will drite to the, we take a rest and will move to the center of “Pozzuoli” for the dinner.

Food:

Pane di San Sebastiano (bread),
Pane dei Camaldoli (bread),
Anchovies (fish),
Salame Napoli (meat),
Mozzariello (meat),
Sardines (fish),
Pizza Napoletana (salt pastry),
Casatiello (salt pastry),
Pagnotta di Santa Chiara (salt pastry),
Panuozzo (salt pastry),
Panzarotti (salt pastry),
Babà (Sweetness),
Casatiello (sweetness),
Migliaccio (sweetness),
Mustacciuoli (sweetness),
Pastiera (sweetness),
Raffioli (sweetness),
Roccocò (sweetness),
Sfogliatella (sweetness),
Struffoli (sweetness),
Susamielli (sweetness),
Tarallini al Vino (sweetness),
Zandraglia (sweetness),
Zeppola di San Giuseppe (sweetness),
Apricot (fruit)

Restaurant:

Il Comandante (Naples) or
Palazzo Petrucci (Naples) or
Veritas (Naples) or
Sud (Quarto)

Lodging:

Villa Avellino Historic Residence (Pozzuoli) or
Villa Gervasio (Bacoli) or
Albergo La Vigna (Procida)

Day 2: (Pozzuoli – Ercolano – Pompei – Sorrento) – 50 Km (30 miles)

Breakfast with handmade Italian food (ham, salumi, savory stuffed roll, pastry, cookies, cakes);
Today we will reach after 33 Km (20 miles) the city of Ercolano It lies at the western foot of “Mount Vesuvius”, on the Bay of Naples to visit a “Vesuvio – Lacryma Christi DOC” winery with a wine tasting, and lunch.
Then will drive to the worldwide famous ancient Roman town of Pompeii 17 Km (10 miles), to visit the “Pompeii ruins” then will move to the hotel in “Vico Equense” on the Sorrento Peninsula. Dinner.

Food:

Oil Anchovies (fish),
Bebè di Sorrento (cheese),
Goar Cheese (cheese),
Caciottina di Sorrento (cheese),
Smoked Provola (cheese),
Riavulillo (cheese),
Biscotti di Castellamare (Sweetness),
Cartellate con Mosto (sweetness),
Delizia al limone (sweetness),
Follovielli (sweetness),
Figs (fruit),
Hazelnut (fruit),

Restaurant:

Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa (Vico Equense) or
Maxi (Vico Equense) or
Torre Del Saracino (Vico Equense) or
Terrazza Bosquet (Sorrento) or
Il Buco (Sorrento) or
President (Pompei) or
Piazzetta Milù (Castellamare di Stabia)

Lodging:

Capo La Gala (Vico Equense) or
Don Alfonso 1890 (Sant’Agata) or
Palazzo Marziale (Sorrento) or
Magi House Relais (Sorrento) or
Hotel Bellevue Syrene (Sorrento) or
La Minervetta (Sorrento) or
Grand Hotel Angiolieri (Vico Equense)

Day 3: (Sorrento – Sorrento)

Breakfast with handmade Italian food (ham, salumi, savory stuffed roll, pastry, cookies, cakes);
Today we will drive on the amazing and scenic “Sorrento Peninsula”, we wil stop after 12 Km (7 miles) in Sorrento to visit a “Penisola Sorrentina DOC” winery with a wine tasting, and lunch.
Then will visit the town of Sorrento. Take a rest at the hotel and will move for the dinner.

Restaurant:

Don Geppi (Sant’Agnello) or
Relais Blu (Massa Lubrense) or
Quattro Passi (Massa Lubrense) or
Taverna Del Capitano (Massa Lubrense) or
Don Alfonso 1890 (Massa Lubrense)

Lodging:

Palazzo Murrano (Vico Equense) or
Palazzo Montefusco (Sorrento) or
Villa Eliana (Sorrento) or
Relais Correale (Sorrento) or
Relais Regina Giovanna (Sorrento) or
Art Hotel Villa Fiorella (Sorrento) or
Grand Hotel La Favorita (Sorrento) or
Hotel Del Mare (Sorrento) or
Palazzo Guardati (Sorrento) or
Maison Tofani (Sorrento) or
Relais Blu (Sorrento)

Day 4: (Sorrento – Positano – Amalfi) – 33 Km (20 miles)

Breakfast in the early morning with handmade Italian food (ham, salumi, savory stuffed roll, pastry, cookies, cakes);
Today we will drive on one of the most beautiful road in the World, between Sorrento and Amalfi, where we will arrive after 33 Km (20 miles) to visit a “Costa D’Amalfi DOC” winery with a wine tasting, and lunch.
Then will visit the towns of Amalfi and Positano. Take a rest at the hotel and will move for the dinner.

Food: