Capri Island (Italy)

Capri Island is situated in the Mediterranean's Tyrrhenian Sea (off Sorrentine Peninsula, Gulf of Naples' southern part) in Italy's Campania region (Naples Province). The resort town Capri is the island's principal port and main/largest settlement, with population around 12,200 and land area approx 10 km2 (4 mi2).

Regularly daily scheduled ferries connect Capri with Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi, Salerno, Positano, Castellammare di Stabia, as well as with Ischia Island. Ferry services are provided by the companies SNAV (Societa Navigazione Alta Velocita/subsidiary of MSC Group), NLG (Navigazione Libera del Golfo/owned by the families Aponte and Savarese), Caremar (Campania Regionale Marittima/part of Tirrenia), Alilauro (jet catamarans), Positano Jet Srl, Alicost (hydrofoils).

Depending on vessel type, ferry travel times vary - 20-25 minutes (to Sorrento), 30-40 min (to Positano), 50 min (to to Ischia), 45-80 min (to Naples), 50-60 min (to Amalfi), 1 hour (to Castellammare di Stabia), 100 min (to Salerno). Ferryboats dock Marina Grande, from where Capri Town is accessed via a funicular/cable railway. From Anacapri, a chair lift takes tourists to Monte Solaro, the island's highest elevation point (589 m /1932 ft).

Some of the most important features of the island include Marina Piccola (little harbor), Belvedere of Tragara (panoramic promenade), the limestone crags named sea stacks which project above the sea (Faraglioni), town of Anacapri, Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto), and the ruins of Imperial Roman villas.

The island has 2 harbors - Marina Grande (main port) and Marina Piccola (serving yachts and boats). The commune Anacapri is to the west of Capri Town, positioned high on the hills.

Cruise ships to Capri Island dock at (or anchor near) Marina Grande.