Friday, 1 April 2011

APRIL 1, 2011 FRIDAY in CAPRI

Rick on our little balcony at the Hotel Capri
Lovely morning to wake up in our beautiful suite overlooking the ocean. We had our cappacinos and the standard Italian breakfast and then rented a scooter for the day 45eur.  Rick drove and we had helmuts but I was still nervous as the roads are so tight and there are as many buses as anything on these roads.  They are smaller than normal but still take up most of these narrow roads.  It was a great day with no incidents and we had warm and sunny weather as well,  We went over to Anacapri,  The sign as you enter the city limits says Anacapri not Capri.    We drove down to a lighthouse and walked around the rough waters there.  There are no sandy beaches here, just steep cliffs,  but they have created a beach destination by the lighthouse.  They have a swimming pool, and various levels of patios for sun bathing.  I don't think you could go into the water as it is crashing up onto the rocks. 



Afer some walking around at that very southwestern tip of the island, we returned to the town of Anacapri and took a chairlift, single seats, up to the highest point of the island.  Phenominal views all around. 

Rick on the chairlift on our way to to highest point on the island

The ancient Romans left many fences, walkways and ruins all around the island.

signs of the ancient Romans at the top of the chairlift

Augustus Cesare had his summer home here and then his son Tiberious ran the Roman empire from Capri in 24AD until his death.  But there is a Phoenician staircase the pre-dates the Romans and other signs of other prehistoric life and settlements here. So they obviously used this highest point as a look out if not a settlement.  It is possible to walk up and down and if I had more days, I would certainly do so.  We saw a guy using the land under the lift for his terrace garden. 


After that we shopped a bit in town and then took a ride out to the Grotto Azzura (Blue Grotto) but it closes when the sun moves to the other side of the island and we didn't get there until 3:00pm.  We were able to take the steps right down to the water so Rick could see how tiny the opening to the cave is. 
The majority of the island is for walking only and is a very steep limestone mountains, so there are many stairs to everything.  Rick hates stairs but has done more stairs today at each stop than he would ever want to see again.
Yes I took the seat off the wall, used and replace it.  Weird.  I guess Italians prefer no seat.

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