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The Grand Hotel Aminta, one of the finest hotels in
Sorrento, is in a commanding position above Sorrento with
magnificent views across the Bay of Naples.
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About Sorrento
Sorrento is a small city on the Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy,
with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination.
The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, as it lies
at the south-eastern end of the Circumvesuviana rail line.
Sorrento overlooks the bay of Naples, as the key place of the Sorrentine
Peninsula, and many viewpoints in the city allow sight of Naples
itself (visible across the bay) the Neapolitan Riviera and the Vesuvius.
Capri can be reached easily from the port of Sorrento.
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Welcome to the Grand Hotel Aminta
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The name Aminta |
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Torquato Tasso, the greatest Italian poet of the late
Renaissance best remembered for his masterpiece Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem
Delivered), was born in Sorrento in 1544. His first important poem was the
pastoral drama "AMINTA" which proposes a simple happy life dominated by the
tender passion of love. Aminta, a male shepherd, was the main character in
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