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Capri sea grottoes tour
When you arrive in Capri ( the most famous Naples island) you must have a tour of the Island.
Starting to Marina Grande and heading towards the east side of the island you reach the first inlet beach, Marina di Caterola or Gasto, where you can find the first grotto, Bove Marino (sea cow), so called for the noise produced by the undertow amplified by the cavity that reminds one of this mammal's bellow. This grotto has an elongated shape and has a small beach with shiny and polished pebbles. Long time ago it seems seals lived inside this grotto.
Grotta Bove Marino
Not far from here you can see Punta del Fucile, a long crack in the cock with a grotto, Grotta del Moschillo or Ricotta (italian fresh cheese), where you can enter only during low tide period.
Further you can see the Villa Jives and the Cliff of Tiberius, but entering in the Tiberius grotto is very difficult, you can arrive there only climbing!
Going on you can see the first Faraglione, Punta della Chiavica with his grotto, Grotta della Chiavica, a very high entering but only forty centimetres wide, recalling a gothic church.
Further you'll see Grotta dei Polpi (octopus grotto) where it's easy to find squids, octopus and sea anemone, that grow just below the water's surface. Don't touch them!!!
After few minutes you can see the Grotto of Bethlehem's Arch, an old grotto with a big arch but only a part of the vault has survived.
Sailing for another couple of minutes, you reach the famous Grotta Bianca (white grotto) and Grotta Meravigliosa (mervellous grotto).
Grotta Bianca can be accessed directly from the sea and spread among two basins that are connected to the surface throug a man made canal in the rock. Grotta Meravigliosa became accessible only in 1901 by two travellers who ask to build a staircase that still exist.
Inside this grotto is very cold, also in summer, but you can se stalgmites and stalactites! Soon after the entrance, a narrow tunnel connected to the sea brings you to the Piscina di Venere (venus Pool). Looking up you can see Grotta delle Sementelle that stands three metres above sea level.
After few meters you can notice some rocks in the shape of petrified priest, Priest's Grottos, and Moschino Grotto, a very coloured plants covered grottos!
You are in the Marina Piccola side where there is the Grotta Massullo formed by sea, where entering is very difficult, because the entrance is underneath the sea level, not so difficult like entering in Grotta Sommersa (submerged grotto) that has his entering seven meters below sea level.
Now you are very close to the most famous Faraglioni !
Continuing there are Grotta di Forca, Belvedere, Albergo dei marinai ( so called because fishermen used it for repair during storms) and Fra Felice, where a monk lived, Grotta Oscura, Grotta Certosa, right belove Certosa di San Giacomo church) Grotta Verde e Rossa, (green and red grotto) Grotta dello Champagne where you can entern only by swimming, Grotta Smeraldo, so called for the colour of reflection inside, Grotta dei santi (Saints Grotto) where a group of rocks look like praying.
Grotta Verde
The Blue Grotto
Finally it's time to arrive in the most famous of Capri grotto, Grotta Azzurra (the Blue Grotto), so called for the beautifull colours in the sea dued to the light entering from a natural window. Here access is reserved to authorized boatman only, so you must pay, but it really worth.Grotta Azzurra
One hundred meters after the Blue Grotto there is Grotta dei Guarracini, Grotta dell'Orecchio, del Cavallo, delle Colonnelle, del Binocolo, Grotta Sbruffo where the water enters and it is spurted out violently and Grotta del Pertuso (hole grotto).
Capri has lot of things to see but you must walk a lot. I'll write at english other articles... but if you see mistakes tell me please!!! Here some photos without mistake! 🙂
After few minutes you can see the Grotto of Bethlehem's Arch, an old grotto with a big arch but only a part of the vault has survived.
Sailing for another couple of minutes, you reach the famous Grotta Bianca (white grotto) and Grotta Meravigliosa (mervellous grotto).
Grotta Bianca can be accessed directly from the sea and spread among two basins that are connected to the surface throug a man made canal in the rock. Grotta Meravigliosa became accessible only in 1901 by two travellers who ask to build a staircase that still exist.
Inside this grotto is very cold, also in summer, but you can se stalgmites and stalactites! Soon after the entrance, a narrow tunnel connected to the sea brings you to the Piscina di Venere (venus Pool). Looking up you can see Grotta delle Sementelle that stands three metres above sea level.
After few meters you can notice some rocks in the shape of petrified priest, Priest's Grottos, and Moschino Grotto, a very coloured plants covered grottos!
You are in the Marina Piccola side where there is the Grotta Massullo formed by sea, where entering is very difficult, because the entrance is underneath the sea level, not so difficult like entering in Grotta Sommersa (submerged grotto) that has his entering seven meters below sea level.
Now you are very close to the most famous Faraglioni !
Continuing there are Grotta di Forca, Belvedere, Albergo dei marinai ( so called because fishermen used it for repair during storms) and Fra Felice, where a monk lived, Grotta Oscura, Grotta Certosa, right belove Certosa di San Giacomo church) Grotta Verde e Rossa, (green and red grotto) Grotta dello Champagne where you can entern only by swimming, Grotta Smeraldo, so called for the colour of reflection inside, Grotta dei santi (Saints Grotto) where a group of rocks look like praying.
One hundred meters after the Blue Grotto there is Grotta dei Guarracini, Grotta dell'Orecchio, del Cavallo, delle Colonnelle, del Binocolo, Grotta Sbruffo where the water enters and it is spurted out violently and Grotta del Pertuso (hole grotto).
Capri has lot of things to see but you must walk a lot. I'll write at english other articles... but if you see mistakes tell me please!!! Here some photos without mistake! 🙂
