Anacapri is the other Capri: the high, rural, silent one, reached for centuries only by the Phoenician Steps cut into the rock. Axel Munthe told it to the world in "The Story of San Michele": his white villa among cypresses, with ancient marbles and a sphinx gazing over the gulf, is among Europe's most visited house-museums.
The chairlift climbs in twelve minutes to Monte Solaro, the island's highest point; in the church of San Michele you walk along an eighteenth-century majolica floor depicting the Earthly Paradise. And the Blue Grotto, the prodigy of light everyone links to Capri, lies right here, in Anacapri's waters.
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Next up: Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, Sunday 13 June
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 38 km away
Anacapri is part of 🏝️ Islands 🏖️ Seaside
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📅 Every year, on 13 June
On 13 June Anacapri celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua, its patron: the feast of the upper town, separate from Capri's, which keeps its own Saint Constantius in May.
Blue Grotto In 1826 five men went into the cursed cave; what came out of it was the Blue Grotto. 
Villa San Michele The house a Swedish doctor built on Tiberius's ruins, with a sphinx facing the sea. 
chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo The majolica floor with the earthly paradise and its animals, made in 1761. 
Faro di Punta Carena The lighthouse on Capri's point, the only place on the island for a sea sunset. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Outside Anacapri, but an easy day trip away.
