2015-08-04 Marina Piccola, Capri Island to Isola di Nisida, Campania Italy
Many of our upmarket neighbours are still in the bay this morningWe take the dinghy out and have a closer look around this amazing bayTangaroa in Piccola Bay
By Il Favignana there a few small grottos
La Fontelina RestaurantA Wally for one of the super yachts
The town of Giardini di Augusto above Piccola Bay on CapriIt is time for us to leave before the bay becomes over run by a thousand more small boats
Once past Il Favignana we head northBy Punta di Tragara there is another small popular bay which also has a nice restaurant built over the rocksContinuing up the east coast of Capri we pass a few amazing houses built on the cliffsWe leave Capri and enter the large Gulf of NaplesAlmost all the coastline of the Gulf of Naples from Sorrento to Naples to Cape Miseno is populated. All the towns which are overlooked by Mount Vesuvius, have over the years merged togetherCity of NaplesNaples is a large port which has many cruise ships visiting all year around especially between April and NovemberPorto Naples is the major port on the west coast of ItalyA number of cruise ships are in the port todayCastel Nuovo in the foregroundThe marina is situated just west of the heart of the cityCastel Sant’Elmo the medieval fortress overlooking NaplesThe Santa Lucia district of NaplesCastel del’Ovo
Super yachts lined up like soldiers in this other marina in Naples
Continuing west along the coastLooking back to NaplesAmazing villas, some of which are in need of repair, line the the shores of the Gulf of Naples
We approach Isola Nisida which is attached to the mainland by a narrow causewayPorto Paone, a circular small bay on Isola di Nisida has only room for one boat – we were tempted!!This islet has a lot of ancient Roman history, where Brutus and Cassius hatched their plan to murder Caesar on the islandThe marina by Isola NisidaWe join the only other boat in the bay and drop our anchor behind the 3 masted sailing boatThe Port Authority Building in the harbourThe port by Nisida Island seems to be quite industrial
We find out late in the evening that the 3 masted sailing boat is actually a party boat which circles the bay with it’s partygoers and loud music until 2am
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