Villa Sorrento Resort - B&B, Meta

This small hotel was comfortable and basic. Meta is about 3-4 miles from Sorrento. It is a quiet town. The pool was very good and a welcome relief after a day's sightseeing in temperatures in the high 30s (there was a heatwave at the time). It was very well situated for the rail service - about 10 minutes walk. From there it was easy to access Sorrento (8 mins), Pompei (20 mins), and Herculaneum (40 mins). It was also easy to transfer from Herculaneum to Mt Vesuvius - it's not often you get the chance to look into a volcano! Overall, a comfortable base for sightseeing the area.

This was a very nice family-run B&B which is located in Meta. The staff, especially Rafael, were very welcoming, polite, and made a point of making sure our needs were taken care of. The pool was very well maintained, but be careful as it does not have a shallow end. The only drawback to this hotel is its location; it is in Meta, a small town 3 stops away on the Circumvesuviana to Sorrento, which means getting to major locations (Positano, Amalfi) can be a bit of a hassle. Meta is a charming town if you are looking for something quieter and more low-key; we found a few good restaurants and they have a very nice beach.

This is a fantastic choice if you are looking for a place to stay outside the bustle of Sorrento but with easy public transport access to naples, sorrento, amalifi, capri, etc. The b&b is spotless, beautifully furnished, good beds/showers all in all very comfortable, the owner can't do enough for you and even though you pay a little extra for breakfast its lovely. The pool is the highlight, quiet and deep perfect for us, no fighting for sunbeds here, so nice we didn't bother with the beach which although very picturesque was busy and you had to pay for sunbeds (discount if you get tickets at b&b). Plenty of decent eateries in Meta from simple pizza to lovely fresh seafood restaurants at the beach, the local pizzeria (outside the gate and turn right 3 mins walk) was fab, authentic and great value particularly good at lunchtime. The draft Italian wine from the shop on the corner was perfectly good for 3 euros for 1 1/2 litres (I kid you not). The only downside was the busy local road right outside the garden gate - there's no noise from it once you are in the garden its just a bit like running the gauntlet to cross the road at busy times, fine once you get used to it but probably a bit scary if you have small children/buggies. Probably not the best for people with mobility problems as the whole of the coast is hilly. All in all, a lovely little oasis, great value for money place to stay, delightful place to relax in between sightseeing.