Piano di Sorrento borders the following municipalities: Meta, Sant'Agnello, Vico Equense.

[citation needed] Victorian poet Robert Browning sojourned in the area and mentions the countryside of Piano and other localities of the Surrentine peninsula in the poem "The Englishman in Italy".

[citation needed] In the 19th century, Piano di Sorrento's economy was based mainly on fishing, agriculture and shipbuilding activities.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Piano di Sorrento encountered socio-economic mutation which will - given by the progressive crisis of agriculture, shipbuilding and by the growing role of trade and tourism.

During the 20th-century Piano di Sorrento increased its productivity thanks to the power supply and water supply for homes and the development of a connecting track between Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia, made at first by a tram service, after provided by a train.