Sorrento
Join in the good life amid Sorrento's imposing limestone buildings, whether you're dining by the water, browsing galleries and boutiques or swimming alongside dolphins.
Dining in style
Spot bottlenose dolphins and feed pelicans on the foreshore from your table at the Baths Restaurant in the old tearooms. Feast on delicious 'pub grub' atop the cliffs at historic Hotel Sorrento. Pack a picnic with fresh local produce from Stringers Store, or simply enjoy fish and chips on the beach followed up with homemade gelato from Glace Gelato and Juice as you browse the boutiques.
If you're after award-winning food and wine, stick around Sorrento. Start with pancakes for brunch at Buckleys Chance Pancake Parlour, then move onto Three Palms for its Asian-fusion menu or dine under the eponymous tree at Loquat.
Seaside escape
Splash about at the village 'front beach', and the wild, rocky 'back beach', pounded by waves from Bass Strait. Depart from the pier for seal and dolphin swimming adventures, fishing trips and bay cruises, or explore the waters below on a scuba diving expedition.
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Join a tour and set sail out into Port Phillip Bay to watch the resident dolphins from the deck or from the water.
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Climb aboard Big Blue or Kestrel III for a memorable fishing charter and nab snapper, salmon, whiting, flathead and shark.
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Get a taste of luxury aboard the high seas and cruise on the 40-foot sailing catamaran, spotting seals and dolphins.
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Explore further afield and ride the ferry across the bay to Queenscliff, watching out for accompanying dolphins.
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Drive past coastal scenery around Port Phillip Bay to historic villages and enjoy great food and local wines.
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See where Lieutenant Colonel David Collins, civil officers, marines, free settlers and convicts, landed in 1803.
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Major events
- Sorrento Art Festival - January
- Sorrento Bay Swim - January
- Pier to Perignon Swim - March
- Peninsula Piers and Pinots Festival (Sorrento and Flinders) - March
How to get there
Sorrento is located 112 kilometres south of Melbourne. A year-round car and passenger ferry service connects Sorrento with Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, across the bay. This makes exploring the region simple and completes the Around the Bay touring route.
