Well, its hard to believe it's possible to beat the beauty of the Amalfi drive but we were there again today. Today we had planned to visit the island of Capri. So.....we got up for breakfast at 8:30, showered and headed down to the port to catch our boat for the short trip to Capri. The boat was pretty sweet. It gave us a good view of the Sorrento port and the full bay of Naples. The title of today's blog is a lyric that came from the SNL song "I'm on a boat.". It seemed fitting.
Once we got to Capri, we went straight to the ticket stations that said Azzuro grotto. Capri's most famous thing to do is to take a row boat inside of this cave. It gets the name blue grotto because light comes up through a crack in the caves floor, illuminating all the water inside the cave. So we were pretty pumped to get to see it. Unfortunately the first thing the ticket booth told was that the blue grotto was closed today due to high tides and wind causing larger wakes than normal. We still took a boat ride all the way around the island and stopped at the white grotto and the green grotto. Both were pretty neat, but were not as cave like as the blue grotto. This trip around the island was amazing. The tour guide was funny and we saw some absolutely incredible scenery. Some of the prettiest sights were around the 3 famous rocks, faraglioni. One of these rocks is in the shape of an arch that you can drive the boat through. We were told by the tour guide that the Italians believe that if lovers kiss under the arch then they will soon be pregnant. We thought....well....when in Rome (or in this case Capri)! ;). All along the boat ride we saw other cool things and many houses owned by famous people. We said ciao to Georgio Armani's villa.
After the boat ride we took tram from the Marina Grande to the town of capri. You can only get there by tram. The town of Capri is the main hub of the small island. We quickly found a small restaurant to have drinks and a sandwich. I tell you what, having a Bellini while sitting Oceanside isn't so bad! From there we walked around a bit and saw some famous shops like the sandal shop where Jackie Kennedy came to buy sandals and the perfume shop where Elizabeth Taylor came for her perfume. They had some lovely perfume made from only scents that come from Capri. I bought an Italian linen scarf and we walked around seeing all the fancy shops I doubt we are allowed in :)
From Capri we hired a taxi to take us up to AnaCapri. This is a smaller town set farther up into the hills of Capri. The cab was awesome...kind of a convertible up the windy coastal roads.
Probably the coolest thing that we did today was take a chair lift to the top of AnaCapri. This was an old lift that is like a ski lift but only has a seat for one. This lift took us to the highest point of Capri where we had panoramic views of the island for some awesome pictures. We sat for awhile, had a beer and enjoyed the scenery.
On our way down to the summit we quickly realized that a boat was leaving in a few short minutes so we husseled down to Capri and then down the tram to the marina. We had a nice nap on the boat ride back and then had a nice last evening in Sorrento with dinner in a garden and then dessert at another small place on a back street. We really loved our time in Sorrento. The town was beautiful and the sites we were able to see were simply amazing. We are off to Tuscany now....bring it on!
Location:Capri, Italy
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