Capri and the Blue Grotto

A glamorous island in the Bay of Naples, with dramatic cliffs, the Faraglioni rock stacks and the hilltop villages of Capri and Anacapri. Its most famous sight is the Blue Grotto, a sea cave where sunlight shining through the water turns it an intense glowing blue. You enter lying down in a small rowing boat through a low opening.

The Grotto closes in rough seas; go in the morning. Take the chairlift from Anacapri to the top of Monte Solaro for the view. Ferries run from Naples and Sorrento, and the island is crowded with day-trippers in summer.