Sorrento travel guide: where to stay, what to do, and where to eat in Sorrento, Campania, Italy.
Sorrento nightlife is an aperitivo-and-passeggiata scene centred on Piazza Tasso, with bay-view terraces, Irish pubs and live music along Via San Cesareo; late dancing is limited to a handful of venues.
Evenings begin with the passeggiata and aperitivo around 6PM to 8PM, dinner follows, and most bars close around 1AM to 2AM. Weekends and summer are busiest.
At a glance
- Peak hours
- Bars: 8PM to 1AM. Clubs: 11PM to 3AM, mostly in summer.
- Average drink
- Drinks prices were not verified for this guide; terrace bars such as Circolo dei Forestieri and Bar Fauno cost more than side-street pubs.
- Dress code
- Smart casual in hotel terraces and Piazza Tasso cafes; casual elsewhere.
- Cover charge
- Italy's legal drinking age is 18. Smoking is prohibited inside bars. Opening hours for small venues change by season and are reported here from guide listings; confirm on site.
Nightlife districts
Where the action happens after dark.
Bars & pubs
Where locals drink.
Bar Fauno
Elegant cafe in the middle of Piazza Tasso with waiters in jackets, suited to a first aperitivo.
Known for: Elegant cafe-bar with a front-row seat on the evening passeggiata; slightly pricier than side-street bars
Piazza Tasso, 80067 Sorrento
Circolo dei Forestieri
Historic Foreigners' Club with a broad terrace overlooking the bay, next to the Villa Comunale.
Known for: Terrace bar over the Bay of Naples for sunset aperitivo; piano music in the lounge
Via Luigi De Maio 35, 80067 Sorrento
Syrenuse Bar
Busy bar on Piazza Tasso popular with locals for aperitivo and late drinks.
Known for: Busy Piazza Tasso bar where locals gather before, during and after the passeggiata
Piazza Tasso, 80067 Sorrento
Banana Split Pub
Long-running Irish pub on Corso Italia showing live sport.
Known for: Family-run Irish pub open since 1980, sports on screen
Corso Italia 244, 80067 Sorrento
Filou Club
Late-night live music club a short walk from Piazza Tasso.
Known for: Live music venue near Piazza Tasso
Via Santa Maria della Pietà, 80067 Sorrento
Clubs
For dancing into the early hours.
Fauno Notte Club
Piazza Tasso's main late-night club, open most nights in season.
Cover: Cover not verified
Hours: Most nights 11PM to 3AM (reported)
Live entertainment
Music, theatre, and performance venues.
Items
Nightlife tips
Stay safe and have fun.
Sorrento is an aperitivo town rather than a party town: expect bars to wind down around 1AM to 2AM, with clubbing limited to a few venues on and near Piazza Tasso
Last Circumvesuviana trains from Sorrento to Naples run late evening; check the final departure on eavcampania.it before a night out in Naples
The seafront ferries and hydrofoils stop in the early evening, so do not plan a late return from Capri or Positano by sea
Use licensed white taxis from the rank at Piazza Tasso for late returns to hotels outside the centre
Live shows at Teatro Tasso: phone +39 081 878 1140 to confirm the current schedule and dinner option