Paradise
A rocky island lapped by the crystalline blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Capri is an earthly paradise, floating between sea and sky. From earliest times it has excited people’s senses and touched their souls. Countless artists have found an exhilarating creativity in its rugged beauty, and have been seduced by its charms
Capri is an island of myth and legend, where history and geography are inextricably intertwined.
They walk along the lake, looking at me.
I feel observed, carefully watched.
Colours
Beauties, delights and secrets of the Faraglioni sea stacks
Bewitching in its rugged beauty and its jagged cliffs that fall sheer to the sea, merging with its crystalline waters to form a unique ensemble, the island also embodies a world of myth and legend in which history and geography are inextricably intertwined.
Colours
Beauties, delights and secrets of the Faraglioni sea stacks
Bewitching in its rugged beauty and its jagged cliffs that fall sheer to the sea, merging with its crystalline waters to form a unique ensemble, the island also embodies a world of myth and legend in which history and geography are inextricably intertwined.
This unassuming limestone outcrop may be small in size, but its allure and its wealth of legends are immense.
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History
For over a century, the Piazzetta has lured a who’s who of prominent figures in the world
Over the past few decades, Capri has thus come to represent a heady mixture, a chosen spot that has drawn luminaries as diverse as Oscar Wilde, Marguerite Yourcenar, Maxim Gorky and Curzio Malaparte, as well as Brigitt Bardot and Jackie Kennedy.
Nature
The island’s main anchorage, the port of Marina Grande, is ringed by towering cliffs that loom above it, while the little fishing boats moored there lend the scene a splash of local colour
When you arrive, you are overawed by a spectacular coastline of jagged rocks, turquoise sea and mysterious grottoes. And as soon as you set foot on the island, you are seduced by the little houses with square balconies, the narrow twisting streets and the café terraces waiting to welcome you
Relax
This is not just a place for a quick stopover, a destination like any other. Capri has been described as ‘opus dei, the work of god’.
It has been home to a magnificent array of characters since the dawn of time – ever since the blind poet Homer honed a place in Greek myth for it with the Sirens.
Relax
This is not just a place for a quick stopover, a destination like any other. Capri has been described as ‘opus dei, the work of god’.
Unique
Tell me,’ asked Alexandre Dumas, ‘is there anything anywhere in the world to compare with such a sight?’ According to Pablo Neruda, meanwhile, Capri was ‘hidden away, to be reached only at the end of a lengthy pilgrimage’.
