I still had a full schedule of things to do while in Italy. The day after the trip through the Amalfi Coast, I had a day trip to go to the island of Capri. Capri is a resort island that is popular with tourists and day-trippers. The island is busiest in the summer months, while it is not very busy in the winter months. There are also many products named after the island as well, such as the Capri pants, the Capri-Sun juice pouches, and the Caprese salad. I felt like I did almost everything there is to do while at the island, except for the most well-known attraction on the island.
While my day on the Amalfi Coast was sunny and beautiful, gloomy dark clouds, slightly choppy waves, and rain filled my day in Capri. Because of this, I was not able to go experience the Blue Grotto, which was a bummer. The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island that you enter through a little opening that is only big enough for a small boat. When you go inside, you get this shimmering blue glow that illuminates the cave. The Blue Grotto is probably the most famous attraction in the island, and I was so disappointed that I was not going to be able to visit it. This was not going to stop me from enjoying the day as best as I can.
Our day started with a boat ride from Sorrento in one of those big passenger ferries with the comfortable seats. Thankfully, the ferry ride itself was not that busy, and we had a steady 20-min ride to the island of Capri.
We arrived at the port of Capri, and the gloomy weather made it look like the mountains were as high as the clouds. It made for an interesting backdrop to the island.
Due to the closure of the Blue Grotto to tourists for the day, our alternative activity was going to be a boat ride around the island. We hopped onto a new boat, and this boat began to take us around the island of Capri. To be honest, there was not much to see. We saw the cliffs of the island and all the different rock formations. We would see the occasional cave or grotto, and there were some other interesting sights as well, including a statue of a fisherman, and some housing structures directly on the cliffs.
We got to go through an arch in one of the rock formations, which I think is one of those lovers’ arches when you would kiss your significant other while passing through the arch.
The boat took us close to one of the grottoes to take pictures/videos. I was surprised to see how turquoise the water is, almost like a bright blue jelly (that you do not want to find yourself in).
Unfortunately, because of the bad weather, our boat had to turn back and go back to port the way we came. I was hoping to see the outside of the Blue Grotto at the very least.
After the boat dropped us back at port, our guide took us into the van to take us to Anacapri, which is the less-busy side of Capri, more known for its natural beauty and views of the cliffs and bays. While getting there, we had to go through another precarious cliffside road with a few hairpin turns.
We stopped off in the center of Anacapri and our guide took us on a pathway full of perfume shops, sandal shops, and other shops full of sweets and wine. At the end of the path was a sensational view of the north side of Capri and the Italian mainland. At the bottom of the cliffside view was the town of Capri with a football pitch right in the middle of it.
Capri is generally known for making sandals, and my guide would show me the store that made the sandals for Jackie Kennedy. There were other famous people who purchased sandals from this island, such as Princess Margaret and Grace Kelly. This island is a playground for the rich and famous, and this would become more apparent for me in my second blog post about my trip to the island of Capri.
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