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NINA APARTMENT
Sorrento center
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LOCATION:
This apartment is ideal for tourists who wish to stay in the most popular street of Sorrento centre (pedestrian area for almost all day long) to appreciate the lively atmosphere and the nightlilfe of the town. It has an independent entrance and 50 mt. away there are bathing establishments on a sandy beach . Near the apartment there is the train station which takes tourists to the ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples.
In addition, from Nina apartment visitors can walk (10 minutes away on foot) to the Sorrento harbour to go to Capri and Ischia.
DESCRIPTION:
This apartment is a typical dwelling in bricks of Sorrento area. It is a two-roomed apartment, 30 square meters - beds 2, with independent entrance composed of: wide kitchen, a twin-bedded room, bathroom with shower and hairdryer.
AMENITIES:
TV colour - Electric stoves - Payment parking at 100 mt. away - Bus stop at 30 mt. away - Restaurants and shops nearby - Banks at 100 mt. away - Train station and postal office at 600 mt. away - Port at 700 mt. away - Bathing establishments on a sandy beach (reachable by payment lift or on foot) at 100 mt. away.
FOR MORE INFORMATION :
Nina Apartment is roughly 30 square meters large, and it is on the first floor of an ancient building in the centre of Sorrento. It is situated in Via S. Cesareo, on the main street of the old part of Sorrento, 50 meters (55 yards) away from the Cathedral of the town. It is suitable for 2 people, but in case the third bed can be added in the doubleroom.
This apartment is ideal for tourists because it is in the typical and most popular part of Sorrento centre (pedestrian area for almost all day long): the spot is perfect to appreciate the lively atmosphere and the nightlilfe of the town. It is sufficent a short stroll all around to admire the magnificent monuments which are nearby. It is a museum in the open air: in the surroundings You can find the Sedile Dominova(XVI c.), the only existing testimony in Campania region of the ancient seats of the Sorrento nobility; the Cloister of Saint Francis(XIV c.), ancient building with splendid pointed arches all around; the Cathedral in Romanic style and so on.
Nina apartment can be considered like one of the few typical houses, in bricks and stones of volcanic origin, which were very common in our area once and which have survived so far. The tufa stone (rock of volcanic origin) keeps the dwellings cool in summer and warm in winter. So, inspite of the shortage of air-conditioning, this apartment is cool in summer: anyway the house has an electric fan. In addition this particular species of rock absorbs the noises very well. So, You stay in the centre of Sorrento – actually in the most lively part – but at the same time the house is very quiet.
Nina apartment has an autonomous access: there is a small main door in wood, then two short flights of steps to reach the entrance door of the apartment (photo n° 1). You enter directly the dining-room (photo n° 4) whose walls are completely covered with bricks, according to the Sorrento tradition (photo n°2). In the same room there is a spacious square table with the chairs. In a corner of dining-room You can find the kitchen (photo n° 4), which is still in bricks and stones, but even so it is is very modern, large and equipped with plenty of comforts such as a gas cooker, refrigerator with freezer. In the kitchen a wide window lets plenty of light in. Obviously the kitchen is equipped with steel saucepans, cutlery, glasses, coffee machine, tin and bottle openers, washing-up liquid. The double bedroom (photo n° 6) is close to the kitchen and it has a TV Colour, two bedside tables, each one with its lampshade, and a large and spacious wardrobe.
The nice bathroom (photo n° 3) has a shower. The apartment has been renovated with great care and taste according to the typical ancient Sorrento tradion. Once a lot of houses in the Sorrento Peninsula were like this, but the most part of them have been modified over the centuries.
There is a public car park 300 meters (328 yards) away.
When You stay in Nina apartment it is not necessary to use Your car because the bus stop is 50 meters (55 yards) away and the station for the local train is 600 metres (656 yards) away.
From the apartment it is sufficient to cover on foot about 200 meters away (220 yards) towards the coastline to reach a public lift for nearest beach: a typical bathing establishment of the Sorrento area on wooden pilework.
The Cathedral, the Kiosk of S. Francis, and the public park are only a stroll away. In addition the street Via Tasso takes to the Piazza della Vittoria at 200 meters away (220 yards) where there is a terrace with a spectacular view of the Gulf of Naples, from the island of Procida to Mount Vesuvius. If you lean from the balustrade of that terrace, You will see the green-azure sea of Sorrento right below You, with its long, thin strips of beaches, coloured by lounges and umbrellas. And there are many more things to delight Your senses... the mild climate, the gentle breeze blowing from the sea. You can also enjoy a walk along the ancient main street (on the left of the terrace) leading to Marina Grande, a fishing village.
Nina apartment can be easily Your home base for enjoying the incomparable beauty of Sorrento, the Sorrento Coast, of Capri and other islands, of the Amalfi Coast and Naples.
You can get to these famous places either by ferry or organised tourist trips. By train You can easily visit Pompeii, Vesuvius, the Caserta Palace and other attractions.
You can be sure of an unforgettable holiday.
WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE NINA APARTMENT ?
This apartment is ideal for those travellers who wish to stay in the most popular street of Sorrento centre (pedestrian area for almost all day long) - see photo n° 7 - to appreciate the lively atmosphere and the nightlilfe of the town. And it is for these same reason that so many visitors mill in that area where Nina apartment is. That quarter was the ancient part of Sorrento, Greek and then Roman: underneath there is still the paving of the Roman streets, and even the planning of that area is exactly that one of the previous neighbourhood. Even the names of the streets remind us their Roman origin: for instance near Nina apartment there is “Fuoro” street, from the latin word “forum” (main square) because there, two thousand years old, the main square of the Roman Sorrento was located.
Inspite of its ideal location and the beauty of the house, the price of Nina apartment for a weekly rental is very reasonable.
In addition it has an independent entrance and it is indipendent from the other houses nearby. In other words, it isn’t in a condominium and You can enjoy Your total privacy.
It is one of the few typical ancient houses in bricks and stones in the Sorrento area which have survived so far over the centuries , but which were once so common here.
From the apartment it is sufficient to cover on foot about 200 meters away (220 yards) towards the coastline to reach a public lift for nearest beach: a typical bathing establishment of the Sorrento area on wooden pilework.
Nina apartment is also not so far from the train station which takes tourists to the ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples. In addition, from Nina apartment visitors can walk (10 minutes away on foot) to the Sorrento harbour to go to Capri and Ischia.
There is a public car park 300 meters (328 yards) away.
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