Gypsy invites us to share a day with her on the glorious island of Capri
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Capri is not real; it is a rock that is a movie set. When you are there you aren’t real either; you are a star and sexy and extremely sure of your charms. If you could, you would smoke cigarettes with holders. You'd wear deathly high heels on old cobblestone pathways. It is very beautiful. Boats don’t go anywhere, they dance a Capri boat dance for you to see from up high. Come enjoy it with me – feel fabulous.
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Positano is just across from Capri on the mainland. It is all up-and-down steps, crowded with inexpensive shops. It is adorable and fun and very casual (except for the utterly gorgeous Le Sirenuse Hotel where you can waft in chiffon) – but it is not Capri. No cigarette holders here; they would think you were crazy. Boats and ferries to Capri come and go, splashing the teeny-weeny bathing suits off the women trying to swim. We want to go back to Capri and be beautiful.
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There are many stunning rocks around Capri. Stretch out on the boat on your way there and feel the sun bathing you.
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The bar great room of the Capri Palace Hotel & Spa in Anacapri is where you do your thing, strut your stuff, wear your drama wrap and highest heels. There is a lot to play with: a boat with television in it that makes it appear to be running over with water, lights that are from a photographer’s studio for you to pose with, a bar with half of a woman coming out of the painting above. The restaurant is great looking, food is fine and there is an ice cream dessert with lots of unusual choices that comes like a buffet. Tel: 39 081 9780111
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There are many delightful hotels in Capri. But the most theatrical of the beauties is up in Anacapri, the town above Capri. You get into one of the convertibles driven by very funny singing drivers (see my list of resources for a vacation in the Med) and sing your way up to the Anacapri Palace. When you enter the hotel you will see swimmers in the hotel’s pool through large peekaboo windows that make swimmers look like wet angels.
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There is a new hotel in Capri that is spiffy and the staff make you feel like an Italian who is at home. There are two wonderful rooftop penthouse suites that can connect and the views are amazing. It is the J.K. Palace, telephone 39 081 838 4001. And there are two lower-level suites that are Italian-sexy which is Hollywood sexy. The hotel has a grand porch that sweeps around giving you great views of the Marina Grande – where my boat, "Strangelove," stays when we are on Capri.
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On the boat taxis that take you to and from Capri, you sometimes feel you have left planet Earth.
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Anacapri has sweet little streets decorated with pretty sights like these steps made of old tiles and wall fountains...
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and these bells that ring operetta style ...
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... and a very old church of San Michele, with its very old floor you tiptoe around – carefully ...
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Come with me ... "Out of this world" is all I can say about taking a short cruise around all of Capri as the sun disappears, and sail through the Faraglioni, maybe the most famous rocks in the world -- and if you are not in love you will be for a while.
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I lived in the little house on the rocks one October -- a perfect month to be in Capri.
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There are many fairy-tale houses in Capri and it refreshes your image to become one of the community. You do not need to know Italian but you do need to be able to talk with your hands.
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Here we are looking hundreds of miles off in every direction from up in Anacapri.
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The Faraglioni become otherworldly as Capri turns lavender at the end of day.
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Life begins in the evening in the main piazzetta where we go before dinner and after dinner to see who is in town, and to hug and to kiss people you barely know but who are sure they know you; and to see the fashion parade (Capri has every famous name you can buy) -- women do their stuff on Capri and it is worth getting a good seat at one of the great cafes to watch the show. So many movies and commercials are shot here that, at times, it is hard to know who is and who is not the star and, often, it turns out to be you, so we all go looking worth the shoot and act accordingly – which is why this piazzetta is more fun than any other in the world.
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