Top 5 Places to Dance the Night Away in Sorrento, Italy

By day Sorrento looks like the hub of fashionable Amalfi Coast tourism. However, unless you know where to roam at night, you might think you’re limited to walking the Piazza Tasso and grabbing a cappuccino. However, whether you’re on a girls’ getaway, solo journey or just looking to salsa in Sorrento, here are my top choices for hitting the dance floor... just know that in order to get from the city centre to most of these clubs will require a car or taxi.


1. Jamaica Inn (Via Panoramica 5, Boscotrease) is a fantastic place, especially if you love salsa. On Friday nights there is a free group lesson around 11pm and then all night dancing. Entertainment varies on other nights and it’s a club where all ages mingle and dance together. It is quite large and you will often find someone celebrating a birthday. In warmer months, take your dancing shoes outside. By the way, they serve excellent pizza if you’re hungry. Boscotrease is about 15 minutes by car from Piazza Tasso.

Courtesy of Jamaica Inn



2. Smeralda (Via Passeggiata Archeolgica 80, Castellammare) is so worth the 20 to 30 minute ride from Sorrento. This club has an all-white, South Beach Miami kind of vibe. There are draped banquets for hanging with your girlies or small intimate tables where you can grab a nosh from their appetizer menu. On off-nites most people just chill but there is often a DJ and if you’re lucky you just might grab a club appearance by my favorite Italian singer, Gigi Finizio. By the way this club has onsite parking just like the Jamaica Inn.

3. Drummond’s Pub (Corso Caulino 77, Vico Equense) is about a 10 minute drive from the center of town or you could hop aboard the Circumvesuviana train for just 5 stops and then take a taxi back at night. It’s a small place where the locals go to dance and hang out. You could probably fit Drummond’s into one corner of the Jamaica Inn but there is a nice terrace during warmer weather and the crowd is friendly.

Drummond's Pub | Courtesy of Enzo66

4. Fauno Notte (Piazza Tasso, Sorrento) is the main disco right in the heart of Sorrento. Older folks might enjoy the Tarantella Show but those looking to vibe to a DJs blend of house music will not have to go too far since this club is located in Piazza Tasso. You can dance until dawn as the Italians do and then literally walk back to your hotel.

Courtesy of Fauno Notte

5. Stone Restaurant & Club (Sorrentina 145, Castellamare) is the ultra modern restaurant just south of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (which is an excellent hotel, by the way), perched atop a cliff alongside the Bay of Naples with killer views of Vesuvius. Who cares about dancing when you can sit and nosh in their lounge or drink the night away on Stone’s heavenly terrace with signature cocktails such as the Mamma Mia and the Valentina. Take a car or a taxi here because we wouldn’t want you at the Castellammare train station after dark.

Courtesy of Stone Restaurant and Club

 Please keep in mind that there are many more discos and clubs to visit from Naples down to Salerno; however, I focused this Top 5 list on Sorrento and its nearby neighborhoods. Hope you enjoy!

Lisa Fantino is the fanatical vagabond and creative force behind Wanderlust Women Travel, which offers Amalfi Coast travel concierge services, and Wanderlust Weddings, bringing your destination wedding in Italy dreams to life along the Amalfi Coast.