Capri is a small island toff the coast of the southern tip of the Sorrento peninsula in southern Italy. It is very small (we toured around it by boat in 1 hour with stops at the blue and green grottos). It has two small towns, a cable car to the top of the mountain, and 18,000,000 steps from the port to the town centre
where you can buy overpriced gidgets and gadgets. We did have some VERY good pasta (spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, hot peppers and walnuts - delicious - and some yummy ravioli, however, just walking in the door cost us a 5Euro cover, and a 12% service charge. The lunch (plate of past and a drink) came to $47 Euros. The famed blue grotto - supposedly the private swimming pool of Tiberius, was such a let down....a 45 minute wait, to be CRAMMMED into a canoe, to be jostled and puled through a cave opening about 18" high, to spend exactly 3 minutes looking at kinda cool blue water while a rather rude guy sang a rather stupid song, then hastily pulled the boat back through the hole and asked for a tip. To do that cost 34 Euro to get to the grotto, 26 Euros to get INTO the grotto, and 2 Euros to get the dumb man to stop singing!
The boat tour around the island was OK, and probably worth doing, along with the cable car, if you havenot been to Hawaii or Asia.
Otherwise, save your money - don't go to Capri, instead, go to the delightful island if Ischia where you can explore an amazing castle, walk for hours in a town built flat, see ancient ruins, and splash in natural geo thermal hot streams that run into the sea - making the ocean, in places, hot enough to cook the fish!
We are staying right on the water in the old ponte right across from the castle (amazing location), for $44. There are no crowds, food/drinks are cheaper, and best of all, there are no stairs.
Unfortunately we have to leave tomorrow for Rome where the next day we hope to take a very in depth, 8.5 hour VIP tour of the Vatican museums, and all four Basilicas, the Sistine Chapel, the gardens, etc.
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