Photo spot in Capri
Monte Solaro above Anacapri
The island's summit at five hundred and eighty metres, reached by an open single-seat chairlift, with Capri laid out flat below.
About Monte Solaro above Anacapri
Get directionsFrom Anacapri a single-seat chairlift runs up the flank of Monte Solaro in about twelve minutes, dangling you over gardens, vineyards and rooftops the whole way. The ride itself is a location: feet above the terraces, nobody else in frame, and the island falling away behind.
The summit is a broad, rough terrace with a ruined chapel and a scatter of benches. From it you see the entire island at once — the Faraglioni to the south-east, Marina Grande and the Gulf of Naples to the north, Ischia to the west and, on clear days, the mountains of Calabria. It is the widest view in the region and it needs a wide lens and figures for scale rather than a portrait treatment.
The practicalities decide the shoot. The chairlift has fixed hours that end in the late afternoon and close earlier in winter, so sunset from the top is generally not available; check the last ride down. It stops entirely in high wind and in rain. There is no shelter at the summit and it is noticeably colder and windier than the coast — a jacket matters even in June. Chairs carry one person each, so a couple travels separately.
Best time to shoot
Late morning to mid-afternoon, inside the chairlift's running hours
Tips
Check the last ride down — the chairlift closes well before sunset and stops entirely in wind or rain. Colder and windier at the top: bring a jacket.
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Other spots in Capri
The Gardens of Augustus above the Faraglioni
Terraced flower gardens on the cliff edge, looking one way at the three sea stacks and the other down the hairpins of Via Krupp.
Belvedere di Tragara at first light
A quiet clifftop terrace at the end of a villa-lined walk, with the Faraglioni almost directly below and the sun rising behind them.
Villa Lysis and its empty colonnade
An abandoned Art Nouveau villa on the northern cliff with a columned portico, a marble staircase and no crowd at all.
Marina Piccola in the afternoon
A south-facing cove of pebbles and wooden bathing platforms, with the Faraglioni at one end and the Scoglio delle Sirene in the middle.
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