How to Get Around Capri

There are no private hire cars for visitors and you will not want one. Capri’s roads are single-track in places, and the island is small enough that the alternatives work better.

A funicular runs from Marina Grande up to the Piazzetta in a few minutes and is the normal way to arrive. Small orange buses connect Capri town, Anacapri, Marina Piccola and Punta Carena; they are frequent, cheap and often full. Open-top taxis, which are a local institution, cost several times the bus.

A chairlift climbs from Anacapri to the summit of Monte Solaro in about twelve minutes, and it is the single best value on the island.

Otherwise you walk, and most of Capri is pedestrian by necessity rather than by policy — the lanes are too narrow for anything else. Distances are short but gradients are not: almost every route involves steps.

How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?

Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.