The island of sirens
The legend of the Sirens in Capri is one of many stories that sailors or navigators of the past passed on from father to son about these mythical figures. One of these is not born from a local “story”, but from one of the most famous works in the world. In Homer’s Odyssey, the Greek […]
The Emperor Tiberius at Capri
Tiberius was the second Roman emperor who chose to stay in Capri where he built 12 villas including the one he preferred because it was built on one of the highest promontories of the island at 334 meters above sea level called Villa Jovis. The chronicles of the time tell of a ruler not particularly […]
ANCIENT CUISINE OF EMPEROR TIBERIUS
Sitting at the restaurant of Bagni di Tiberio tasting the dishes prepared with love by Costanza is a journey through time and the history of taste. Delicacy after delicacy the palate conveys to the mind flavors of the past that draw inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman cuisine. It was precisely the Greeks who brought […]
Capri’s Winter Cuisine: Minestra Maritata
February, the last month of winter, a time when the island, still dormant, envelops its inhabitants and its few visitors with the charm of bygone times.It is the perfect month to be transported to the Capri of the past, thanks to the flavors and aromas of its ancient cuisine. A humble cuisine, where people had […]
The island of death: love and betrayal in Capri
Between the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century, a large and anomalous colony of wealthy foreigners was formed in Capri. Among them there were bankers, entrepreneurs, artists, eccentric types, lesbians, pederasts, femmes fatales, opium smokers…These people, dazzled by the beauty of the place, made it their home, building […]
San Costanzo vs Boalim
May 14 falls on the day in Capri celebrates the patron saint Costanzo, under whose protection, the population has for almost a thousand years resisted the scourge of continuous raids of Saracens, pirates and Ottoman corsairs.In reality we only know about Constantius that he was a bishop who lived in the seventh century, passed through […]
The Capri of yesteryear. A trip to the… more
Among the various golden moments that Capri has lived, there was one particularly magical, both for guests of the island and its inhabitants, framed by the mouth of our very lucky parents and grandparents as “the Capri of yesteryear”.What time was it? That in the days of Dolce Vita, obviously, when the young Italian Republic […]
The History of Quisisana
Walking through the majolica halls and flower gardens of the Grand Hotel Quisisana you magically retrace the history of Capri. Roger Peyrefitte wrote, describing the life of Capri in the early twentieth century, in the book “The exile of Capri…”: “The triumph of Quisisana was always that of Capri”. The secret of Quisisana is in […]
History of Punta Tragara
The Hotel Punta Tragara is, with Villa Malaparte, one of the most admired and celebrated examples of modern Capri architecture.In 1920 the Milanese engineer Emilio Errico Vismara bought land in Tragara where only the Trattoria Carmela and the studio of the pianist Renata Borgatti stood.In the Roman period, as Svetonio writes, in that area stood […]
White Cave, Wonderful Cave
Near Punta Massullo, where Villa Malaparte stands, is located one of the most elaborate geological complexes on the island. Two caves in one: the White Cave, at sea level, and the Wonderful Cave, in the overhanging part. The White Cave is named after the color of the tuff that colors light shades the marine cavity. […]