A carruzzella
Coming to Sorrento and taking a ride in a "wheeled chair" is
equivalent to going to Venice and not take a gondola ride. Ever since the Grand
Tour, when Sorrento was the destination of the most famous noble families in
Europe and overseas, even when traveling in a carriage, everyone left their car
and preferred to use local media to make sure you take this' essence of what
they were visiting.
In the late nineteenth century, Sorrento was one of the most famous resorts in Europe. So goodbye sedan, the most popular method in the first half of the nineteenth century was the wheeled chair, because with a “piastra” you could have one for a full day transport, instead half day cost only six “carlini”.
Today in the places of arrival, port and rail-station, bus and taxi stations, the wheelchairs - about half a dozen - are beribboned with their horses waiting for passengers near the monument dedicated to Torquato Tasso.
