Capri overview

Possibly Italy’s greatest island, Capri is the perfect embodiment of Mediterranean attraction – Roman ruins, al fresco dining, rambling piazzas and rugged limestone rocks rising out of fluorescent blue waters. Massively popular with day-tripping locals and chic VIPS, Capri is inevitably overrun with tourists from May to October. The two main town centres of Capri and its elevated cousin Anacapri are over-priced and over-visited but away from the masses lay charming rural villas, quaint trattoria and florid houses. The Blue Cave (Grotta Azzurra) is compulsory visiting; the most famous of Capri’s sights retains its ethereal beauty despite the sometimes aggressive boat touts and tourist hordes. Elsewhere, the pleasure house of Emperor Tiberius (Villa Jovis) is a testament to eccentric antiquity. Pleasantly devoid of crowds at night and in winter, rubbing shoulders with the glitterati has never been more likely than on this powerful and sometimes overpowering island.