The next stop on the Capri tour was the chair lift, a single chair that took you from Anacapri up to the highest point on the island, around 4000 feet high. Pretty f-ing impressive.
The views were incredible (we had a perfect day for this- sunny and warm and clear with a slight breeze- warm in the sun and cool in the shade). Once at the top, there was a simply incredible view. Neither Ronnie nor I are huge "get up as high as you can and look" kinds of people, but this was pretty great.
On one side you could see the famous rocks (not famous enough for me to remember their names, but famous enough for me to know that they have names) and a view of all the other islands dotting the Bay of Naples. Vesuvius is omnipresent. The color of the water is just plain ridiculous. I've been to miniature golf courses where they dye the water blue for effect and this looks bluer.
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| Best to hold your flip flops on the chair lift |
The views were incredible (we had a perfect day for this- sunny and warm and clear with a slight breeze- warm in the sun and cool in the shade). Once at the top, there was a simply incredible view. Neither Ronnie nor I are huge "get up as high as you can and look" kinds of people, but this was pretty great.
On one side you could see the famous rocks (not famous enough for me to remember their names, but famous enough for me to know that they have names) and a view of all the other islands dotting the Bay of Naples. Vesuvius is omnipresent. The color of the water is just plain ridiculous. I've been to miniature golf courses where they dye the water blue for effect and this looks bluer.
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| The famous rocks whose name I don't know |
There are plenty more pictures where those come from, but this gives you a taste. It's just beautiful in a way I'd not seen before, and I've seen some pretty beautiful things. Capri is just special.
Back down the chair lift and into town for a walk to yet another (yawn) incredible viewpoint. Michele took a picture and suggested we Photoshop in our other daughter. Not sure she'd like that, but maybe. Time for lunch!
Up a (what else?) even more narrow and winding (guide: "Look at this road- it's still two-way") road up to a farm house restaurant (and piscina) on the hillside. Delicious fresh food and wine. Hey! Caprese salad comes from Capri!
Then we took the cab over to the town of Capri. When the cabbie tried to drop us off, the turnaround spot was full, so he started yelling at one of the cabbies sitting there, and they went back and forth for a couple of minutes before the other guy moved. Our guide told us that they were good friends and they were just giving each other grief for fun.
From town, we took a funicular down the hill to the port, where we caught the boat back to Sorrento. An amazing day.
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