Holiday resort of world-wide renown, Sorrento boasts a remarkable agricultural production; oranges and lemons in fact, as well as olives and walnuts, are the symbol of Sorrento.

The name "Surrentum" derives from the myth of the mermaids whose singing allured the seamen and got them to loose their way. According to the legend Ulysses and his comrades escaped them plugging their ears with wax. The mermaids, so humbled, were turned into rocks called today Li Galli and sited in front of Positano.