Capri [antikvár]

The Isle of Capri, the "Pearl of the Mediterranean, " in a suggestive view from the Sorrento peninsula. INTRODUCTION In the everchanging and vast panorama of the minor islands of Italy, Capri holds a position of absolute privilege. If on the one hand every island has well-defined characteristics and special particularities which help to give a tourist image, on the other hand the very mention of Capri — evokes an inextricable mixture of sensations which exalt the dimensions of a Mediterranean island par excellence. Capri is essentially a fairy tale, a dream lost in the extra-ordinary azure of an incredible sea, in the boundless panoramas which embrace other precious tesserae of that wonderful mosaic which is the Neapolitan and Salerno coast, between Capo Miseno and Amalfi. Everything which can be perceived by the senses finds its greatest elevation on this island; from the light, sublime complement and refined facets of colour which allow one to read, as in an open book, the endless wonders of the place; from the perfume of the flowers which constitute another jewel of the island and the vegetation which is a mixture of Mediterranean aspects and more precisely tropical ones: from the strong salt-laden breezes of a sea which is the very life of the island; from the disturbing voice of silence, broken only by the piercing cry of the seagulls and the breaking of the waves on the steep and precipitous rocks; from the possibility of touching with one's own hands the ancient traces of an illustrious and fascinating history, together with numerous remains of a past which represents the most authentic cultural metrix of the place; from the rough, yet sublime taste of the refined cuisine of Capri, to the rich taste of its noble wines produced on rough but generous land.