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Even the summer hordes can't quite dilute the ethereal magic of Capri. Described as
'one of the magnetic points of the earth' by the writer and painter Alberto Savinio, Italy's
most fabled island has been seducing mere mortals for millennia. Emperor Tiberius re-
putedly threw his lovers off its dizzying cliffs, travellers on the Grand Tour waxed lyrical
about its electric-blue grotto, and celebrities continue to moor their yachts in its turquoise
waters. For a view you won't forget, head to the summit of Monte Solaro (think bath-time
boats and sugar-cube houses).
