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Sorrento
(Latin: Surrentum) is a small city in Campania, Italy, with some
16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town
can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii. The town overlooks
the bay of Naples, as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and
many viewpoints in the city allow sight of Naples itself (visible
across the bay) and Vesuvius.The "Amalfi drive" (connecting Sorrento
and Amalfi) is the narrow road that threads around the high cliffs
above the Mediterranean.
Sorrento is famous for the production of Limoncello, an alcoholic
digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar. Other
agricultural production includes citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives.
Wood craftsmanship is also developed.
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