Capri and the Blue Grotto

Today was the perfect day to take the boat to Capri. The weather was sunny and warm and the seas were calm. ( very important for Ron)




We arrived and rode the Funicular to upper Capri then took the walking paths to Villa Jovis where the Emperor Tiberius had his palace. Along the way we passed some amazing villas with fabulous gardens.


We worked our way down on a hiking trail to a villa owned by an incredibly wealthy gay opium addict.


The caretaker was very informative and we truly enjoyed discovering this hidden gem on the island.


Next we took an extremely overcrowded bus to the heart of Anacapri. There we took the chairlift to the top of Mount Salerno.




Much to my husbands chagrin I convinced him that we should walk down the mountain on a trail that turned out to be nothing more than loose rocks. After that adventure we took a bus to the Blue Grotto and this time we were the only ones on board.




I got in the line to take the row boat into the Blue Grotto and met a mother and daughter from DC. The daughter is a Junior at The College of Charleston and had just spent a semester in Florence. After we all enjoyed the Blue Grotto we shared a cab back to the harbor to catch our return trip to Sorrento. It was a perfect day.


Tomorrow we are off to the ruins of Pompeii. Talk about people who had a really bad day on August 24th. The hell with the Ides of March this day in 79 AD was a real killer.

Location:The Isle of Capri