Lets Go With Michael Petry | Sorrento, Italy
An unbelievable discovery hidden in the hills above Sorrento, Italy. Travel to the beautiful Amalfi Coast, Positano, Praiano, San Agita, Salerno, Naples. And the best places to stay and to visit for views, food, hotels and rentals.
Featuring Oasi Olimpia Relais. For more visit Let's Go With Michael Petry on Youtube.
Featuring Oasi Olimpia Relais. For more visit Let's Go With Michael Petry on Youtube.
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00:00 Welcome back to their daily mix and
00:02 2024 Pinterest is saying that Gen Z
00:05 and millennials are looking for
00:07 planning trips that make it extra.
00:09 Take extra slow that take it extra slow.
00:12 There we go.
00:13 Chilled out trip and what's better
00:16 than sipping on some wine on the
00:18 dreamlike coast of the Italian boot.
00:21 There you go.
00:22 The pace the past year our Polish
00:24 director Michael Petri spent some
00:26 time in Italy and he wanted to show
00:29 us some of the highlights from his trip.
00:32 Yeah, it's very very cool and one
00:34 of those highlights is the hidden
00:36 treasure that he discovered high
00:37 in the hills above Sorrento, Italy.
00:39 It's time to take a trip and
00:41 let's go with Michael Petri.
00:42 So ever since I was a kid,
00:48 I dreamed of finding a hidden treasure.
00:51 I mean, OK, what kid doesn't right?
00:53 So on our recent trip to Italy,
00:55 like thousands of visitors every year,
00:58 I had to stop off in Sorrento.
01:00 Now don't get me wrong,
01:02 Sorrento is a pretty awesome place
01:04 known for its beautiful streets,
01:06 food, pottery,
01:06 oh and lemons and lemoncello.
01:08 Of course that you could find
01:10 just about everywhere you go,
01:12 but just be really careful drinking it.
01:15 It could sneak up on you.
01:18 So I didn't quite find the hidden
01:20 treasure I was hoping to find in Sorrento.
01:23 However, nestled high in the hills
01:25 above Sorrento was a place that
01:27 most tourists have never visited
01:29 or even heard of for that matter.
01:31 And it was there we found a single spot
01:35 that I may have been waiting a lifetime to find.
01:40 Now most of you already know that I'm
01:42 kind of a fan of out of the way places
01:45 and to get to the old hotel that I
01:47 had booked online you had to pass
01:49 through this little hilltop town
01:51 that I immediately fell in love with.
01:54 And the little town it's called
01:56 San Agata. You're not going to see
01:59 many tourists here and if you do,
02:01 you'll probably find them huddled around
02:03 the town's little gelato shop at night.
02:05 Other than that,
02:06 you'll see the usual locals hanging
02:08 out here and there throughout the town.
02:10 But that night I quickly learned
02:23 that one of the big happenings
02:25 in San Agata and probably most
02:28 small towns in Italy is when there
02:30 is a good soccer match on TV and
02:33 here every single restaurant and
02:35 bar that you find is filled with
02:37 the local men watching the game
02:40 and they are into it everywhere you go.
02:42 These guys were almost in a trance
02:45 like state watching the match.
02:47 So I guess you could say what you
02:51 will about organized sports,
02:53 but in Italy, based on what I've seen
02:55 throughout this one of many little towns,
02:58 it seems that soccer is probably
03:00 one of the defining mortars that
03:02 bonds people and especially the guys.
03:05 Together. So the next morning it
03:08 was time to head farther up the
03:10 hill to where we finally arrived
03:12 at that old hotel that I found
03:15 and booked online and no,
03:16 I didn't expect this at all.
03:19 I mean, heck, we're just Midwest kids.
03:25 We don't stay at places like this.
03:28 I mean, it just felt so fancy,
03:30 schmancy, so hoity toity.
03:32 So White Lotus imagine sitting here
03:35 high above the hills of Sorrento
03:38 like a crown jewel.
03:40 They call it Oasis Olympia.
03:43 So I guess you could call it an old hotel.
03:48 It was built in 1892 by quote German
03:51 aristocrat Max Bradmeier,
03:53 who was struck by its impressive
03:56 position and its extraordinary setting.
04:00 Honestly, I think he just really
04:02 dug the view and yeah, so did we.
04:06 So after checking in,
04:07 we knew we had to go explore
04:10 and there was a lot to see.
04:12 The entire hotel, for example,
04:14 is furnished with some of the
04:16 original furnishings from the 1800s,
04:18 and there are priceless oil paintings
04:21 and artwork throughout the hotel.
04:23 And all the food that is prepared
04:25 and served at the Oasis is made
04:28 with vegetables, herbs and fruit that
04:30 are grown right there on the property.
04:32 There's even horses that I had to visit.
04:44 I mean, I'm pretty sure I speak their language.
04:50 Farm boy and the more you explore
04:52 this little hidden gem that's high
04:55 in the hills, the better it gets.
04:58 And the views well Giovanni,
05:12 the general manager,
05:13 explained all the different
05:15 vistas that you can take in from
05:17 just this one beautiful spot.
05:20 Giovanni. I mean, come on,
05:22 this is paradise. Yes,
05:24 we are in Sant'Agata.
05:26 So we do a good thing that
05:29 the Sant'Agata on the two bays.
05:31 So we have Naples Bay,
05:33 Salerno Bay, Sorrento Coast,
05:35 and the Amalfi Coast.
05:37 That's you can see all the view.
05:40 Vesuvius, Naples, Progeta,
05:41 Ischia, Capri Island on your shoulder
05:44 and all the Amalfi Coast on the other side.
05:47 After spending the day exploring,
05:49 the sun was just starting to dip
05:51 into that perfect spot in the sky.
05:53 And because this was going to be
05:55 our last night staying here on
05:57 this beautiful hilltop in Italy,
05:59 and we'd probably never experienced
06:01 anything quite this cool again.
06:03 Anytime soon,
06:04 Michelle decided that this was a perfect
06:06 time for a farewell sunset dance.
06:08 And yeah, I decided to go first
06:11 to show her how it's done.
06:16 Hey. Hey, alright,
06:19 obviously that didn't go well.
06:21 But then the spirit of the moment hit her.
06:25 I've dreamed of this place for a lifetime
06:30 And it feels like I've known it for a while
06:36 Just a little difference here and there
06:41 And I always wish that I don't erase it
06:47 All the same
06:50 Yeah, you just believe in what you have
06:57 So that night, if anyone had told me
07:00 what we were going to experience
07:03 the next morning, I would have
07:05 thought they were a little crazy
07:07 because what we witnessed that next
07:10 morning is probably one of the biggest
07:13 treasures that I've been waiting
07:15 to discover my entire life.
07:17 And it happened right there
07:19 before our eyes.
07:21 When the early morning Italian sky
07:23 performed one of the most amazing
07:26 symphonies that I've ever dreamed of seeing.
07:29 [Music]
07:58 It's almost like the heavens were reminding us
08:01 that yeah, there is a God.
08:03 And we were being reminded of it
08:06 in such a beautiful way in Italy.
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