Capri

One of the three beautiful islands of Campania has always inspired poets and fascinated all generations of the world. The island of calcareous origin is the continuation of the Sorrento Peninsula, divided into two plateaus, divided administratively into two municipalities: Capri and Anacapri. The name of the island, which means island of goats, dates back to the Italic population, then colonized in the 7th century BC from the Greeks of Cuma to become in the fifth century possession of Naples.
Time dissolves and folds between the past and the present, between the Roman villa of Tiberius and the villa of Axel Munte, villa San Michele which takes its name from the chapel built on the remains of a Roman villa; between the Carthusian monastery of San Giacomo dating back to the 14th century and the church of San Michele, designed around 1720 by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro.
The natural beauties can hardly be described, the five senses must be involved in order to let oneself be captured by the perfume of the citrus fruits, which feeds an intense production of perfumes, from the smell of the sea that invites you to dive into its splendid crystalline waters and imagine the wonder of a fisherman who in 1826 rediscovered the Blue Grotto, perhaps after a millennium; and perhaps only from Mount Solaro can you capture all this in an instant.
Marina Piccola is the embarkation point for visiting the Faraglioni and the green grotto. The Faraglioni are the symbol of Capri, they stand like monuments that rise from the sea, proud to have names like Stella, Faraglione di mezzo and Scopolo, rock of the sirens, the farthest from the coast that hosts the blue lizards, rare native species.

Da visitare:

The church of S. Michele built around 1720 based on a design by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro in Anacapri;
the villa of San Michele, known as the residence of Axel Munthe, takes its name from a chapel dedicated to the saint built on the remains of a Roman villa;
mount Solaro reachable by cableway starting from piazza Vittoria;
the historic square in the center of Capri, dominated by the baroque church of S. Stefano and Palazzo Cerio, reworking of the ancient Angevin palace;
the Charterhouse of S. Giacomo, dating back to the 14th century, today is a multi-purpose center that also houses the Diefenbach museum with works by the painter of the same name;
Parco Augusto, along via Matteotti, offers a wonderful landscape and a stele depicting Lenin of Manzù;
the natural arch suspended above the sea, reachable from via Matromania, and continuing the splendid cave of Matermania or Matromania, after a long path to Villa Malaparte, an excellent example of architectural rationalism;
along the path that leads to Villa Jovis you will find the church of S. Michele (XIV century) and the park of Villa Astarita. Villa Jovis is located to the north east of the island, it was built by Emperor Tiberius;
the beach of Marina Grande from which boats depart for the Blue Grotto, located below sea level for a bradisismic effect;
“The palace by the sea” to the west of the beach was perhaps the Caprese villa of Augustus;
the remains of the baths of Tiberius, to the west of the palace on the sea, of a large imperial villa.