The Domus Porto Salvo (also called Porto Salvo, see other reviews under this name) is an ex monastery in St Agnello, a 10 min bus ride from Sorrento. You might think you want to stay in the hustle and bustle of tourist-heaving Sorrento, but take it from me, you will really savour the peace and quiet of the Porto Salvo after a day out. I was travelling on my own, booked through Rates To Go at 54 euros a night and was delighted to get a massive and very clean double room (for the price of a single) with private bathroom and a beautiful view over the courtyard and the mountains. I would advise arranging a lift from St Agnello station as it's quite a walk with luggage. Breakfast was a range of breads (with a toaster available), cereals, yoghurt, fruit and croissants, with dark but lovely coffee. They also have fridges with cold drinks, wine, beer and icecreams - try the local fizzy red at 5 euros a bottle, it went down a treat drunk cold. But the real bonus was the friendliness of the staff. Marianna speaks excellent English and there was always a welcoming smile and a chat when I dripped in from another hot and exhausting day out - and she even put up with my terrible Italian. Nothing like smiling when someone is mangling your language! She also took me up to Sorrento station to make sure I was in time to catch the morning bus back to Naples airport (7 euros).

The bus stop to Sorrento is just around the corner (with a lovely view over Sorrento bay), tickets can be bought from the front desk (they also have timetables to the bus and ferry services) or the Hotel Majestic across the road from the bus stop - 1 euro for one hour, or 6 euros for an all day ticket. I recommend the latter, I caught buses right up to Ravello and back on this one ticket. Health warning - don't do this bus trip if you have a dodgy tummy - much has been said of the "full speed ahead, rally driver" approach of the local bus drivers up the winding, hair pin corners to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello - and it's all true! But you can always catch the boat back from Amalfi for 9 euros 50c.

There are good local restaurants, particularly the pizzeria around the corner - but beware the home made aniseed liquer, it's mad, bad and dangerous to know! There's also a supermarket by the main piazza in Sorrento, towards the station, and good local shops in St Agnello.

Other good day trips - the Circumvesuviana train to Pompeii, which cost 1.90 each way - but take a hat, water and refreshments - the place is HUGE and you will do a lot of walking without many shady spots. Ravello is lovely, very quiet and tranquil, and Naples, although a bit rough round the edges, has some museums and galleries.

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We stayed at Porto Salvo for 4 nights in early June.
We felt very welcomed from the first day. All the staff are very friendly, kind and polite.
The room we had was very spacious, extremely clean and the view was very nice.
It keeps the peace and calm of the old convent, the breakfast is amazingly good and the bathroom has always been kept very clean.
We rented bicycles and we explored Sorrento on them although it is very close to the centre of Sorrento and train station by walk. The bus station is only round the corner if you prefer taking the bus to town and there are some nice restaurants nearby as well in case you prefer avoiding the chaos of the town at dinner time.
There is also a car park if you are renting a car whilst travelling through the Amalfi Coast.
It is a perfect location to use as a base and go go to Capri, Positano, Amalfi, Pompeii as there are buses, ferrys and trains that go to these places from Sorrento.
I will definitely recommend Porto Salvo and would love to go back in the future.

We stayed at Domus Porto Salvo in March this year. The hotel is in a great location, in Sant'Agnello, out of the busyness of Sorrento. It's about a 5 minute bus ride from Sorrento, but we walked it a couple of times, which took about 20 minutes. Large room which overlooked the Bay of Naples. It was not a panoramic view but still good. The service was great, the people were helpful, it was very clean. The breakfast was excellent and certainly not skimpy.

This was a peaceful place to stay away from the tourist madness of Sorrento. A short walk to the trainstation and Sorrento, you dont really need to take the bus there.. about a 20 min pleasant walk.

We booked a room with double bed and shared bathroom. We got quite a decent size room with a window facing the bay of naples. The staff were really friendly and the buffet breakfast included in the price of stay was quite unique for italy, since we werent staying at a bed and breakfast.

There is free internet use and a fantastic restaurant nearby we just couldnt help going to every night, it was called Terra Rosso, ask the staff.

Definitely a nice stay and they have facilities for disabled people as well. The only thing was that there were only two bathrooms available for the people with no ensuite rooms booked, but the bathrooms were huge and they seemed to be always free when I wanted to use them. It was really clean as well!

Its close to all the sights, Capri, Amalfi coast, Pompeii. We even made it out to Paestum, but it was a LONG day.