• Victoria

Intercontinental Mornington Peninsula Sorrento review, Victoria: Iconic pub's hotel transformation

A revamp of this much-loved landmark building has won over locals.

• Julietta Jameson

• Beach and island holidays

Summer is coming: Australia's best beach towns

With summer just around the corner, Ute Junker leaves no grain of sand unturned in her guide to the best beach towns on Australia's east coast.

• Inspiration

Places in the heart: Jean Kittson

Comedian Jean Kittson's family went to Sorrento for a holiday and stayed. Here's why a ''spit of land'' on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is a magnet for generations of the Kittson clan.

• Interview: Nina Karnikowski

• Weekend getaways

Sorrento Beach Unit review: Bargain by the beach

Justine Costigan finds quality, charm and space for the price of a motel room.

• Adventure holidays

Fragments of the recent past loom out of bay's shallow waters

Despite being shallow, Port Phillip Bay is home to an estimated 170-180 shipwrecks.

• Darren Gray

• Hotel reviews

Hotel Sorrento, review: Hello, young lovers...

Frolicking dolphins help Hilda Quiroga celebrate a special relationship.

• The Murray

The best things in life

With its natural beauty and wealth of attractions, it doesn't cost a fortune to enjoy the Garden State, writes Sandy Guy.

• Inspiration

A weekend in Sorrento

Larry Schwartz finds there's no reason to leave a cottage near town and sea.

• Weekend getaways

A flight of fancy

Travelling to Sorrento for the afternoon by seaplane is not just for the rich and famous, writes Sheriden Rhodes.

• Inspiration

Sorrento

Sorrento (including Blairgowrie) Attractive seaside resort destination on Port Phillip Bay Sorrento is a popular and attractive seaside settlement of 1500 people located 91 km south-west of Melbourne, near the western tip of the Mornington Peninsula. In summer it is transformed from a relatively quiet village to a frenetic and fashionable holiday resort. Sorrento offers good beaches, some excellent scenic walks, a range of accommodation, historic buildings and sites, dolphin-watching cruises and ferry trips across to Queenscliff. As is the case with many seaside resorts, the main street has a casual playful feel and it boasts a number of shops designed to attract the leisure time (and money) of holidaymakers - pubs, bistros, coffee shops, restaurants, pancake parlours, ice-creameries, sidewalk cafes, boutiques and galleries.