Walk past the discreet entrance gate of the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria on Sorrento’s frantically busy Via Correale and you can easily miss it — as my guest and I did.
It is a very different story on the other side of the hotel. Its three buildings stand proudly, almost arrogantly, on top of a cliff overlooking the Bay of Naples above a huge name sign painted in white onto the crag. It is simply the most dominant feature of the town if you are arriving on one of the many ferries from Naples, Amalfi and Positano, or the islands of Capri or Ischia.
