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Sights
Capri Town & Around
Whitewashed buildings, labyrinthine laneways, and luxe boutiques and cafes: Capri Town
personifies upmarket Mediterranean chic.
Piazza Umberto I
The heart of Capri Town, this 'flaunt-it-baby'
piazzetta
(little square) seems tailor-made
for people-watching and feeling fabulous. While kicking back at the cafes and bars may
be expensive, it's an essential Capri experience, especially in the evening, when the main
activity in these parts is to style up and scan the candy crowd.
8am-8pm)
is known for its well-preserved marble floor (taken from Villa Jovis). Oppos-
€2.50/1; 10am-1pm Tue-Sat)
harbours a library of topics and journals (mostly in Italian), and
a collection of locally found fossils.
PIAZZA
Villa Jovis
MAP
RUIN
GOOGLE MAP
(Jupiter's Villa; 081 837 06 86; Via Amaiuri; adult/reduced €2/1; 11am-3pm, closed Tue 1st-15th of month,
closed Sun rest of month)
A comfortable 2km walk along Via Tiberio, Villa Jovis was the largest
and most sumptuous of the island's 12 Roman villas. It was also Tiberius' main Capri res-
idence. Although reduced to ruins, wandering around will give you a good idea of the
scale on which Tiberius liked to live.
The vast pleasure complex famously pandered to the emperor's lustful desires, and in-
cluded imperial quarters and extensive bathing areas set in dense gardens and woodland.
His private rooms were on the northern and eastern sides of the complex.
