Capri from Sorrento: Blue Grotto & Island Tour with Private Boat

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 21

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Stepping off the hydrofoil into Capri's harbor, you move straight into a day that covers the whole island without the usual crowds.

You ride the hydrofoil from Sorrento to Capri, then spend the day with a private guide moving between the Blue Grotto, Monte Solaro's chairlift, Villa San Michele, and the island's main square. The boat tour, all entry tickets, and transport around the island are included, so you're not arranging pieces or waiting for group departures. You return to Sorrento by late afternoon.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Capri by sea and land

Boat ride through sea grottos
Pass Faraglioni Rocks and Arch of Love
Visit Villa San Michele and gardens
Ride chairlift to Mt. Solaro
Stroll through La Piazzetta square
Enjoy Caesar Augustus Gardens views
Leisurely stroll through Capri streets

The Experience

The boat leaves Sorrento by hydrofoil and lands you in Marina Grande, where your private English-speaking guide meets you for a full day that splits between sea and land. You'll spend two hours on a private boat weaving through the White, Green, and Coral Grottos before reaching the Blue Grotto—the light inside is real, not a photograph trick, and the boat tilts to slip under the low entrance. If the sea's rough and the grotto closes, you get early-entry tickets instead, which means you're there when the crowd hasn't arrived yet. After the boat tour, you move back onto land with the same guide, which saves the usual handoff moment where you're standing around waiting for the next person to take over.

The chairlift up Monte Solaro takes maybe ten minutes, and from the top you see the whole island spread below—the Faraglioni rocks, the coastline curving away, and on clear days, the mainland. Villa San Michele sits on the mountainside with gardens that drop toward the sea, and the Gardens of Augustus give you another angle on the same view but from a different height. You walk through the Piazzetta, Capri's main square, where the cafés are expensive and the people-watching is free. There's free time built in, so you're not being herded from stop to stop—you can sit down, buy that caprese sandwich the guide probably recommends, or just stand in a shop doorway and let the island settle.

The whole thing runs on your schedule because it's a private tour with private transport around the island, which means no waiting for a minibus to fill up or for other groups to finish their photos. You're back at the hydrofoil with enough time to catch the return to Sorrento without rushing. The day works because it's designed to show you Capri as both a place—the villages, the gardens, the shops—and as a view, which is what makes it different from a standard boat tour that only takes you out on the water.

What’s included

Your day includes round-trip hydrofoil transport from Sorrento to Capri, a private English-speaking guide for the entire day, a two-hour private boat tour through the Blue Grotto and surrounding grottos, entry to the Blue Grotto (or early-entry tickets if closed), private transport around the island, entry to the Gardens of Augustus and Villa San Michele, and a chairlift ride to Monte Solaro. Free time is built in to explore the Piazzetta and the island's streets at your own pace.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see both the famous Blue Grotto and the island's villages, gardens, and viewpoints in one day without arranging separate tickets, boats, or transport—the private guide and included hydrofoil mean you're moving as a single unit from start to finish.