Blue Cave
The Blue Grotto is one of the most well-known natural beauties of the island of Capri in the world thanks to the special play of light created in its waters.
The cavity is of natural origin, about 60 meters long and 25 meters wide, and is located along the northwestern side of the island, below the remains of the Villa Damecuta in Anacapri.
It can only be visited in typical, nimble, small rowboats because the entrance is particularly narrow. Once past the entrance carved into the rock, the initial darkness of the Blue Grotto is interrupted by the vivid blue reflections of the water, an effect due to sunlight entering the cavity from a second entrance located below sea level and 18 meters high from the seabed. The feeling is no longer that of "sailing" but of being suspended in the sky, and everything that touches the water seems to be covered in silvery reflections.
Known since the time of the ancient Romans, the Blue Grotto was supposedly one of Emperor Tiberius' favorite nymphaea. For many centuries the Blue Grotto was no longer visited and, indeed, was feared by local sailors because popular legends described it as a place haunted by spirits and demons.
