After a spectacular cruise around the Isle of Capri, we had the rest of the day to explore the island on foot.  We took a bus from Marina Grande up to the town of Anacapri, about a ten minute ride away along cliff-hugging winding roads.   The bus let us off in a public square beside Mount Solaro where we made our way over to the chair lift station and headed up the mountain.   The ride up the side of Mount Solaro was a peaceful fifteen minute trip.  The air was perfectly still and quiet and there were numerous interesting gardens and houses beneath you…

… and the sweeping vista of where the western end of the Isle of Capri met the Tyrrhenian Sea off to your right:

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