Anacapri – The Travelling Ginger

This morning we woke up to a cooler temperature which is far more common for this time of year here. We’ve been so lucky with the weather so far (such a British thing to say!) however rain is forecast for tomorrow, so you all know which important item will be packed!! Today promised to be one of the highlights of the trip and we all excitedly boarded the boat ready for a full day exploring Capri. First impressions – wow this place is beyond busy! Our group started the day in Anacapri, much higher up the island. We boarded the minibus and took the crazy road up to the top where we got our first beautiful viewpoint.

As it’s the definitely the law when you come to Capri to go on the chair lift, and as the queue was relatively short, we jumped on for the gentle 15 minute ride to Monte Solaro – the highest peak on Capri. Here you get 360° views and when the cloud eventually disappears.. they are stunning. Using public toilets anywhere requires payment, usually 50c, however the ones here were €1. I was therefore expecting world class facilities. I have used many dodgy toilets on my travels, however these have got to be one of the worst! Paddling my way through piddle and paper to get to the toilet, a stench to nearly knock you out, no locks and nearly getting exposed to the whole queue, I recommend you hold on! Wouldn’t even give these 1* on TripAdvisor 🧻

Saw this… made me laugh as I’m immature. New Stars Wars character maybe? 🤣

As we love a viewpoint, and Capri is full of them, we headed to Augustus Gardens. Here you can see Via Krupp – the historical hairpin turn paved footpath, built for a ridiculously wealthy German who wanted an easier route down to his boat from his ridiculously expensive hotel room (or as it also turned out, the route to a secret grotto for sex parties!) You can also get fantastic views of The Stacks (Faraglioni). I would happily have spent much longer here as it was an escape from the mental streets a short walk from the gardens, however as ever coach tours = tight time schedules.

Capri is constantly visited by celebrities – JLo was there last month dancing on the tables apparently! So we headed to the street with all the designer and luxury boutiques in the hope of spotting somebody exiting. As it’s one of the most concentrated areas of fashion boutiques in the World, the walk doesn’t take long at all. Unfortunately we didn’t spot anyone, although someone from our group was convinced they had spotted Richard Gere!

It was then time for the fun part.. finding somewhere for lunch. We found a lovely cafe overlooking the sea, but Santa nearly fell off his chair when they told him a small bottle of Peroni was €10. Basically, you need to sell a kidney for a day on Capri! We did however enjoy a lovely pizza and focaccia.. and a coke zero. We had one last mooch around the streets and a quick stop at the beach before it was time to get the boat back to Sorrento. Capri wasn’t quite how I imagined it to be.. don’t get me wrong I still enjoyed it, but I really don’t get the hype. Luckily we were there when it was a quieter period as I dread to think how awful it would be to try and walk anywhere in the height of the summer.

As creatures of habit, this evening was back to one of our favourite bars to watch the sunset. Due to the amount of cloud the sunset was non-existent, however we were treated to an unexpected firework display and I had a lovely glass of local wine 🍷