Grotta Azzurra
Sea cave on the northwest coast of Capri, where the light that enters from below the water paints the sea blue. The entrance is made by lying down in a small rowing boat.
Campânia · Italy
In the destination Nápoles, Pompeia and Capri.
In the photo: Piazzetta di Capri, Capri
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The city
Capri is the limestone island at the end of the Gulf of Nápoles, reachable only by boat. It has the Piazzetta, the Giardini di Augusto with views of the Faraglioni, the Villa San Michele, Monte Solaro with its chairlift, the ruins of the Villa Jovis of emperor Tibério and the Grotta Azzurra, visited by small boat when the sea allows. The boat return shows the coastal grottos.
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The local experience
Sea cave on the northwest coast of Capri, where the light that enters from below the water paints the sea blue. The entrance is made by lying down in a small rowing boat.
The Piazza Umberto I, the small square in the centre of the town of Capri, with the clock tower, the church of Santo Stefano and café tables.
Terraced gardens on the south of the island, with views of the Faraglioni, the bay of Marina Piccola and the curves of Via Krupp.
The three rocks that rise from the sea on Capri's southeast coast. One of them has an arch that boats pass through.
House and garden of the Swedish doctor and writer Axel Munthe in Anacapri, built over the remains of a Roman villa, with a view of the golfo de Nápoles.
The highest point of Capri, at 589 meters, reached by a single-seat chairlift that departs from Anacapri.
Ruins of the largest villa of emperor Tibério, on the top of Monte Tiberio, at the northeastern tip of the island, overlooking the golfo de Nápoles.
Boat trip around Capri, departing from Marina Grande, passing the coastal grottos, the Faraglioni and the Punta Carena lighthouse.