Sorrento for digital nomads

Best cafes

Sorrento's cafe scene sits on the shoulder of the Sorrentine peninsula, wedged between the ferry pier and the lemon groves, and its rhythm is set by two clocks: cruise-ship arrivals along Corso Italia and the local pause for an espresso between them. The strip along Corso Italia and its quieter feeder Via degli Aranci is where the day is run, from a 07:00 cornetto through a mid-afternoon granita to a granita-corretto after dinner. What follows is eight cafes that reward a visitor who plans by hour rather than by guidebook: two on Via degli Aranci where the shopfront queues thin out, four on the Corso between the Duomo and the eastern edge of the old town, and two more that anchor the far ends of the strip. Skip the harbour terraces charging Capri prices; the locals stand at the counter, one euro at a time. Every address, phone number and posted hour below is drawn from the OpenStreetMap record for that node and cited fact by fact.