{"id":720,"date":"2016-09-09T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=720"},"modified":"2016-09-09T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T17:33:21","slug":"amalfi-and-the-isle-of-capri-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"Amalfi and the Isle of Capri, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

These places were as romantic as places can be. \u00a0From Amalfi I took a 45 minute ferry to Capri. \u00a0The Isle of Capri is one of the most visited places in Campania. \u00a0It is this place that was celebrated in Homer’s works where Odysseus sails past the island, and narrowly escaped the fate of those who hear the voices of the Sirens. \u00a0Thus the island has a mythical charm, as well as natural treasures, through the writings and legends of Ancient Greece.<\/p>\n

The island is composed of two municipalities: Capri and Anacapri. \u00a0The latter is built on a high plateau, which affords staggering views of sheer cliffs from dizzying vantage points as you’ll see in the images below.<\/p>\n

\"View
View from a point above Amalfi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from my hotel balcony. \u00a0I spent three days here mostly eating and drinking. \u00a0During that time I must have walked up and down about 10,000 steps. \u00a0Very little here is on the same level. \u00a0One round trip to the beaches below is approximately 1,500 steps. \u00a0This is not a place for the mobility challenged.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another
Another perspective of Amalfi at dusk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stunning
The same stunning view taken during the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Capri's
Capri’s harbor upon my ferry’s arrival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Road
The road to AnaCapri is in many spots only one lane. \u00a0If one suffers from acrophobia it’s advisable to keep your eyes closed. \u00a0Otherwise the trip would be \u00a0impossible. \u00a0The hotel I booked into was in AnaCapri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another
Another image of this wild road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This continued to amaze me as well as freak me out when traveling on it. \u00a0Any slight tremor and this structure will crumble like a box of Oreo cookies when dropped. \u00a0The resulting plunge to the sea is approximately 1,400 feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Harbor
Capri’s harbor from AnaCapri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Brilliant
Brilliant water colors on a very clear day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Image
Image of the Amalfi coast\u00a0in the distance\u00a0from atop of AnaCapri. \u00a0Just below is the municipality of Capri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
Check out this plunge to the sea below which was about 1,850 feet. \u00a0No mis-steps here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Goats
Goats encountered during a hike. \u00a0I was able to literally smell them coming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Also
Also found atop of the Island was this ancient roman sculpture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boats
Boats seem to be cavorting arounds these rock outcroppings. \u00a0The homes pictured are a part of the residential portion of Capri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from my hotel’s balcony during a beautiful sunset..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Hotel's
Hotel’s lobby at the Capri Palace Hotel in AnaCapri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"My
My favorite barista.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pool
Hotel’s pool image from the walkway to the bus. \u00a0Just like a tank at Marine World, but with no fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another
Another very trippy image of the pool at night. \u00a0I wish I walked by here when someone was swimming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"They
These were in someone’s garden. There is a local pre-occupation with these characters. \u00a0There must be something about Snow White and her dwarfs, but I was unable to figure it out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gippetto
Geppetto the cobbler making sandals while a very pretty tourist looks on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sculpted
Sculpted from plaster. Perfectly proportioned too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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These places were as romantic as places can be. \u00a0From Amalfi I took a 45 minute ferry to Capri. \u00a0The Isle of Capri is one of the most visited places in Campania. \u00a0It is this place that was celebrated in Homer’s works where Odysseus sails past the island, and narrowly escaped the fate of those … Continue reading Amalfi and the Isle of Capri, Italy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}