Day 4 - Capri and Sorrento

View of Sorrento cliffs from Hotel Room

View of Amalfi Coast on way to Sorrento

Blue Grotto Lagoon from end of trail we hiked on Capri

 Day 4 - Capri and Sorrento
Sorrento is a lovely town situated on the edge of the sea.  We decide to take a jetboat to the Isle of Capri.  This involves a walk down many, many steps, with the thought that at the end of the day, when we are tired, we will have to walk back up.  It is distressing.

Capri is beautiful with steep, narrow roads and lovely stucco buildings.  Bougainvillia grows everywhere and some geraniums.   We peek into a small church or two.  The landing is crowded with tourists, but if you're willing to climb, it thins out as you go up.  The bottom picture is one we took at the highest point.  Cherie and I ventured off on a couple of paths, one of which was built and maintained by a Rotary Club!   I thought that was an American thing.  We climbed to a spot that is an overlook to the famous Blue Grotto.  There are no cars or motorbikes up here and we saw a couple of locals having to haul their groceries up. There are beautiful, well maintained, gardens up here with all kinds of vegetables and orange and lemon trees.  The lemons here are huge!  Some look like grapefruits.  We walked down to the tram and ate and then took the ride down to the dock.  After arriving at Sorrento, we found a bus that would take us up that steep cliff, that we dreaded, for only 1 Euro.  The best Euro we ever spent!  We napped and then took a walk around the town square.  Charming!  The middle picture is a view from our hotel.