Capri Flights & Car Hire  |  Back to Italy Map Capri is the capital of chic. The beautiful rocky island which rises from the Tyrrhenian Sea is just 3 miles south of the tip of the Sorrento peninsula, yet it has a style and ambiance all of its own. The quality of its air and light, its craggy beauty and its astonishing emerald waters have inspired artists, poets and writers to eulogise about it. Not to be missed on a holiday to Capri is the astounding Blue Grotto, the sea cave illuminated with limpid blue light, where the Romans are said to have conducted their orgies. Among Capri's illustrious visitors have been D.H. Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw and Graham Greene and it is still a favourite for holidays in Italy with the glitterati of today. In Roman times Augustus and later Tiberius made it their home, the latter finding time in his debauched existence to erect 12 luxurious villas (dedicated to the 12 divinities of Olympus), whose ruins can still be seen today. >> View Brochure Page for holidays on Capri, Italy Recommended Boutique Hotels for holidays on Capri, Italy Capri Boutique Hotel  |  Residence  |  Little Mill To book a luxury holiday or honeymoon on Capri, Italy, or for more information, please call 08717 500070 Previous Region Next Region © Copyright Cognoscenti 2008. All rights reserved. Tel 08717 500070.