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Blue Grotto
A sea cave where sunlight through the water turns everything a glowing electric blue.
- Open
- Daytime, when the sea is calm
- Price
- Paid; the boat and the cave entry are separate
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Grotta Azzurra, AnacapriDirections
- Getting There
- By boat from Marina Grande, or by bus from Anacapri to the steps above the entrance.
Why Go
The cave's mouth is barely a meter high, so you transfer from a motorboat to a small rowboat and lie back as the boatman pulls you through on a chain. Inside, light entering through an underwater opening fills the cave with blue. The Romans knew it: statues of sea gods were found on its floor.
Tips
- Go first thing in the morning, before the queues of boats build up outside the entrance.
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