The island at the mouth of the Bay of Naples: the Faraglioni, the Blue Grotto and the quiet lanes of Anacapri, where Villa Giada keeps four sea-view suites.
Now in Capri
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Italy · The Bay of Naples
Capri rises from the sea at the southern entrance to the Bay of Naples, a single block of limestone a little over six kilometers long, ringed by cliffs and grottoes and crowned by Monte Solaro. It has drawn emperors, painters and writers since Tiberius ruled Rome from its heights. There are two towns: Capri, gathered around the Piazzetta above the port of Marina Grande, and Anacapri, higher, greener and quieter, on the western side of the island. Between them lie lemon gardens, old stepped paths and some of the loveliest coastline in the Mediterranean, with the Faraglioni standing offshore.
We open Capri on its quieter side, in Anacapri, at Villa Giada: a white villa of four suites in the residential enclave of Parco Silvania, with a pool among the umbrella pines, a master suite built into the volcanic rock, and a chef, butler and concierge in the house. The boat, the table at lunch and the car to the Piazzetta are arranged privately, from the first conversation to the last evening on the terrace.
Why visit
Featured properties
Houses we know by name, the ones we would open for this landscape.
The house
A first reading of the stay: rooms, light, and the quiet between them. Each still is a note, not a catalogue.
When and how
Each season keeps its own calendar. We plan the transfer around it.
Best time to visit
The season runs from around Easter to late October. May, June and September bring warm days, a swimmable sea and quieter lanes; July and August are hot, bright and lively, with the sea at its warmest. In winter much of the island closes and the boats run less often.
Seasonality
July and August, Easter and the Italian holiday weeks, above all Ferragosto in mid-August, fill first. Late May, June and September are the weeks we suggest most often: the sea is warm, the boats run and the lanes are calmer. Your advisor confirms Villa Giada’s dates when you inquire.
Airport / logistics
Naples International Airport (NAP) is the gateway. From Naples, hydrofoils leave Molo Beverello for Marina Grande in about fifty minutes, and from Sorrento in about thirty. Private boat transfers run from Naples and the Amalfi Coast, and helicopters fly to the heliport at Anacapri. Non-resident cars are not permitted on the island for most of the year.
Month by month
Seasons follow the notes above. Average daily high and monthly rainfall for 2015 to 2024 from ERA5 reanalysis, via Open-Meteo.
Luxury experiences
Traveler questions
Ways of traveling
Begin with the collection that holds these houses and shores.
Collection
Whole houses for the whole family: a hilltop Residence in Fiji, an exclusive-use villa in the Maasai Mara, a 1930s lake house in Austria, staffed villas in Bali, a Tuscan estate of private villas, a staffed sea-view villa on Capri, pool villas of four and five bedrooms on Hvar, three-bedroom Reserves on a Vietnamese bay, a four-suite villa above Lake Wakatipu, a sole-use house between Lake Hāwea and Lake Wānaka, and a garden haveli in Rajasthan.
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Hillside houses in olive country: above the Argolic Gulf and the Aegean at Bodrum, in the hills of Volterra and Chianti, on Monte Argentario, above the sea in Anacapri on Capri, and among the pines of Maslinica Bay on Hvar.
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Weddings, vow renewals, milestones, reunions and retreats at the houses we know best: a forest wedding in Phuket, a Tuscan hamlet, a lodge beneath the aurora, or an island with no other guests.
Open the collectionRelated destinations
Landscapes that sit well beside this one.
Destination
Italy house by house: Florence on Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Tuscan estates from Chianti to Volterra and Monte Argentario, a villa near Lucca, chalets above Merano, sea-view villas on Capri and the Cilento Coast, and a family farm estate in Sicily.
Destination
Working estates, hill towns, and the long light between Florence and the Val d’Orcia, held as one journey, not a catalogue.
Destination
Campania’s quiet southern shore: sea caves, Greek temples and olive hills, and Villa Le Cannicelle above the gulf.
Plan My Trip
Tell us the season, the company, and the feeling you want to keep. We will write back with a considered path, not a link to a search.
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