Christmas in Sorrento

Christmas in Sorrento often means crib: In Sorrento there is a very strong Neapolitan influence, and every family, from the day of 'Immaculate started building his own crib. Tradition has it that the crib is built with cork and cardboard.

Each year, the crib is remade, gradually adding new pieces. The most beautiful nativity of Sorrento, you can admire in the churches, but the most famous and the great  is in the alley of San Cesareo, under the Dominova Sedil, home of workers' mutual aid society.

But if you're in Sorrento during the Christmas holidays is unforgivable not to visit at least one living crib. Whether it's cribs staged by the people of Sorrento dressed as characters from the classic nativity scene. The living nativity is held in such places as particularly characteristic hilly villages and natural caves.

The traditions of Christmas reach the climax on the day of the Epiphany in Vico Equense, with the traditional procession of "pacchianelle". Again this is a live nativity scene that parades through the streets of the country are brought in procession all the typical products of the land including not missing, of course, the famous "Pizza a Metro" that you can buy..by meters.