Top-25 Best Places in Italy

12. Blue Grotto on Capri island

The symbol of Capri and incredible place, even if we evaluate it on a global scale, the Blue Grotto not be called so without good reason.

When the rays of the sun creeping through the entrance to the grotto, neon-blue reflection illuminates the cave, and all the objects inside are covered in silver. One of the most beautiful natural sights in Italy.

The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight, passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater, creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres into the cliff at the surface, and is about 150 metres (490 ft) deep, with a sandy bottom.

The cave is 60 metres long and 25 metres wide. The cave mouth is two metres wide and roughly one metre high. For this reason, entrance into the grotto can only be achieved when tides are low and the sea is calm. Without calm seas and low tides, the grotto becomes inaccessible, as the 1-metre entrance is impossible to pass.

To enter the grotto, visitors must lie flat on the bottom of a small four-person rowboat. The oarsman then uses a metal chain attached to the cave walls to guide the boat inside the grotto. Swimming in the grotto is forbidden, both for safety reasons and to preserve water clarity.