Capri, l'isola blu Le Guide di Paestum e Velia en

Capri is a fascinating island . Whoever visited it, was impressed by its extraordinary beauty and tried to describe it with exciting words and nice images!

The Greeks called it "Kapros" that is wildboar, for its shape; the Romans called it "Caprae", which means goats, that once grazed numerous there. Capri was also defined "Island of the sirens". For Homer it was the "blossoming land". For Emperor Augustus it was a place of “sweet idleness" and so on.

The island is small, its perimeter is about 17 km and it lies not far from the mainland.

By sailing around it, you can enjoy the high limestone cliffs that fall into the deep blue sea. It is even possible to explore different marine caves; the most famous is certainly the amazing Blue Grotto.

Another particular experience in Capri is to get up to Mount Solaro, the highest point of the island. There is a breathtaking panorama that ranges from Ischia to Mount Vesuvius on one side, from the Sorrento Peninsula to the Amalfi Coast on the other side.

Very suggestive are the trekking paths for lovers of nature, but also wandering in the narrow streets and shopping in the town centre gives happiness. Absolutely worth is the view from the Gardens of Augustus on the Faraglioni and Via Krupp.

Capri and Anacapri: these are the two municipalities of the "Blue Island". Capri’s centre is the so-called piazzetta, that is a little square, considered to be the “salon of the world”. Around the square there are fashionable boutiques, elegant restaurants and crowded cafés. Anacapri instead, is less crowded than Capri and looks more austere and quiet.

Axel Munthe, a Swedish doctor, fell in love with Anacapri and decided to build a beautiful house on the ruins of Tiberius’ ancient villa. Nowadays this villa is a museum. Do not miss the eighteenth-century church of San Michele Arcangelo. Its magnificent majolica floor represents "Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden".