Sorrento is where you sleep. Amalfi is where you go.
Plan your trip →Clifftop town, not technically on the Amalfi Coast (it’s on the Sorrentine Peninsula). Better transport connections (Circumvesuviana from Naples, €2.80). More hotels, more restaurants, slightly cheaper. Good for: Pompeii day trips, Capri ferry base, lemon groves.
The town that names the coast. Cathedral with Cloister of Paradise. More central for coast exploration (SITA buses radiate from here). Smaller, more photogenic, slightly more expensive.
Sorrento: base for the whole area, better value, more to do at night. Amalfi town: base for the coast specifically, more central for Ravello/Positano buses.