Best Dog-Friendly Parks & Green Spaces in Sorrento

A 1 hectare municipal clifftop garden on the edge of the centro storico, perched 80 m above the Marina Grande old fishing port, with the famous panoramic terrace offering a 180 degree sweep across the Bay of Naples to Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Procida and Ischia. Mature umbrella pines, palms and orange trees, benches and a small bandstand. Adjoins the Chiostro di San Francesco cloister. Leashed dogs welcome year-round on all paths.

A historic family-run Sorrento IGP lemon and orange grove of 5 000 m2 on the Corso Italia, opened to the public free of charge with a shaded walking path under the citrus canopy, a small limoncello tasting bar at the exit and a souvenir shop. The Sorrento IGP lemon (Femminello St Teresa) is the protected designation cultivar grown only on the Sorrentine Peninsula. Leashed dogs welcome on the grove path year-round; the tasting bar admits leashed dogs on the outdoor patio only.

A dramatic 35 000-year-old volcanic ravine carved into the tuff cliff at the east edge of the centro storico, with the ruins of a 13th-century flour mill (mulino) at the bottom and a 19th-century sawmill, abandoned in 1866 when Piazza Tasso was opened and the ravine sealed off, now overrun with ferns and Mediterranean vegetation in a permanent humid microclimate. Free public viewpoint from the Via Fuorimura wall. Leashed dogs welcome year-round at the viewpoint; descent into the ravine restricted to guided tours.