Capri
23 places
History & archaeologyVilla Jovis
Capri
On the highest, loneliest point of the island, the ruins of the villa from which Tiberius ruled the empire for ten years, among cisterns, terraces and the emptiness of the sea all around.
- Views & panoramas
Salto di Tiberio
Capri
The sheer cliff beside Villa Jovis, from which legend says Tiberius had those who betrayed him thrown into the sea: three hundred metres of void beneath your feet.
CastlesVilla Lysis (Fersen)
Capri
Built in 1905 by the poet Fersen and dedicated to love and to sorrow, an Art Nouveau villa among the pines, with a Latin inscription at the entrance and the opium room hidden below.
Nature & hikingArco Naturale
Capri
An arch of rock suspended among the holm oaks, sheer above the sea, all that remains of an ancient collapsed cave, at the end of a path above Matermania.
Nature & hikingGrotta di Matermania
Capri
A great cave that the Romans turned into a nymphaeum, with niches and traces of stucco facing the dawn, perhaps consecrated to the Magna Mater from which it takes its name.
- Nature & hiking
Pizzolungo
Capri
The path that runs along the hillside among the myrtle bushes, passing beneath Malaparte's house until it opens onto the Faraglioni seen from above.
- Views & panoramas
Belvedere di Tragara
Capri
At the end of the lane lined with villas and bougainvillea, the terrace where the Faraglioni line up perfectly, three rocks rising from the blue like the island's signature.
- Views & panoramas
Belvedere di Punta Cannone
Capri
Climbing through alleys and gardens beyond the Certosa, a rock balcony hanging over Marina Piccola, with the Faraglioni on the left and the wind arriving from two seas.
- Views & panoramas
Parco Astarita
Capri
Terraces looking out over the sea through Mediterranean scrub, where the gaze drifts slowly toward the Sorrento peninsula and the coast, far from the hurried pace of the town centre.
Nature & hikingGiardini di Augusto
Capri
Flowerbeds and stairways suspended over the blue, with the Faraglioni on one side and the white hairpin bends of Via Krupp plunging down on the other.
Nature & hikingVia Krupp
Capri
A stairway of white hairpin bends carved into the sheer rock, dropping from the Giardini di Augusto all the way to the turquoise sea of Marina Piccola.
Sacred artCertosa di San Giacomo
Capri
Silent cloisters and fourteenth-century walls of a charterhouse facing the sea, where time seems to have stopped among white arches and gardens.
- Free beaches
Marina Piccola
Capri
The beach on the southern side where the sun lingers until evening, with the Faraglioni in the background and the rocks where legend has the sirens sing.
- Free beaches
Scoglio delle Sirene
Capri
The rock that divides the two beaches of Marina Piccola, where legend places the song of the sirens that tempted Ulysses along this coast.
- In the water & diving
Grotta Bianca
Capri
Pale limestone walls in a two-chambered cavity hollowed out by the sea, once a shelter for boats and a hiding place from pirate raids.
In the water & divingVerde
Capri
The water turns emerald green where light filters in through a submerged opening, and at the far end a small pebble beach lies hidden.
- In the water & diving
Meravigliosa
Capri
A stairway carved into the rock leads to a vault thick with stalactites and stalagmites, suspended above the Grotta Bianca and the island's thousand-year-old strata.
- Free beaches
Bagni di Tiberio / Palazzo a Mare
Capri
A small bay reached by boat, where the submerged remains of the seaside villa that belonged to the emperor Tiberius surface in the shallow water.
Views & panoramasFaraglioni
Capri
The three rocks that symbolise the island, rising from the sea, one pierced by a natural arch beneath which boats pass for a good-luck kiss.
Nature & hikingScoglio del Monacone
Capri
A solitary rock just beyond the Faraglioni, isolated in the deep blue, sought out by those after a swim far from the crowds and the beaten routes.
History & archaeologyGrotta delle Felci
Capri
A prehistoric cave on the southern slope, where excavations have yielded traces of Neolithic people, reached by a path through the ferns.
- Street art
Capri: The Island of Art
Capri (NA)
Murals by Ozmo and Eron inspired by the island (Eron's 'Epic Fights').
- Hiking
Sentiero del Passetiello
Capri (NA)
The ancient mule track that once crossed the island from Capri to Anacapri climbs steeply among the holm oaks, until it suddenly opens onto the Faraglioni and Marina Piccola.