So far from the glitz and celeb-watching of the Piazza in Capri, Anacapri floats in a dream world atop its plateau.
The flight of more than 500 stone steps, built in Phoenician times, has been supplanted by a three-kilometer road, which buses connect to the lower town.
The 18th-century church of San Michele in Anacapri is built on an octagonal Greek cross floor plan, and its floor of majolica tiles depicts the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
The town's principal church, Santa Sofia, dates from 1510, but the sacristy and oratory include the remains of an older church of San Carlo.
It's hard to miss the red crenelated Casa Rossa, built by an American Civil War veteran; a museum inside displays Roman statues found in the Blue Grotto.
