Campania
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Anacapri

Blue Grotto

The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of , . Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: sea cave on the coast of Capri, Italy
  • Also known as: “Grotta Azzurra”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa San Michele and Villa Damecuta.

Museum
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The was built about the end of the 19th century on the isle of , , by the physician and author Axel Munthe. is situated 1½ km east of Blue Grotto.

Ruins
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is a ruins, which is situated 500 metres west of Blue Grotto.

Church
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Santa Sofia is a Catholic church in the piazza of , on the island of , . It dates to 1596, when it replaced Chiesa di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli as the local . is situated 1¼ km southeast of Blue Grotto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capri.

Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY 3.0.
The small island of is 5 km from the mainland in the Bay of , a celebrated beauty spot and coastal resort since the days of the Roman Republic until now. It is also part of .

Blue Grotto

Latitude
40.56094° or 40° 33′ 39″ north
Longitude
14.20574° or 14° 12′ 21″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8FGPH664+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 399395084
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10376248
Wiki­data ID
Q605185
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Blue Grotto” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shpella Blu (Kapri)”
  • Albanian: “Shpella Blu”
  • Arabic: “الكهف الأزرق”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mavi mağara”
  • Bashkir: “Зәңгәр мәғәрә (Капри)”
  • Bashkir: “Зәңгәр мәғәрә”
  • Belarusian: “Блакітны грот, Капры”
  • Belarusian: “Блакітны грот”
  • Cebuano: “Grotta Azzurra”
  • Chinese: “藍洞”
  • Croatian: “Modra špilja (Capri)”
  • Croatian: “Modra špilja”
  • Czech: “Modrá jeskyně”
  • Danish: “Den Blå Grotte”
  • Dutch: “Blauwe Grot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلو جروتو”
  • Esperanto: “Blua Groto”
  • Esperanto: “Blua Kaverno”
  • Finnish: “Grotta Azzurra”
  • French: “grotta Azzurra”
  • French: “grotte Bleue”
  • French: “Grotte bleue”
  • German: “Blaue Grotte”
  • Hebrew: “המערה הכחולה”
  • Hungarian: “Kék-barlang”
  • Indonesian: “Grotta Azzurra”
  • Italian: “grotta Azzurra”
  • Italian: “Grotta Azzurra”
  • Japanese: “青の洞窟”
  • Kazakh: “Көгілдір грот”
  • Kazakh: “Көк үңгір”
  • Korean: “푸른 동굴”
  • Lithuanian: “Žydroji grota”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്ലൂ ഗ്രോട്ടോ”
  • Mazanderani: “بلوگورت توي غار”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den blå grotte”
  • Norwegian: “Den blå grotte”
  • Polish: “Lazurowa Grota”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta Azul (Capri)”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta Azul”
  • Romanian: “Grota Albastră”
  • Russian: “Голубой грот”
  • Slovak: “Modrá jaskyňa”
  • Spanish: “Gruta Azul”
  • Swedish: “Blå grottan, Capri”
  • Swedish: “Blå grottan”
  • Thai: “กรอตตาอัซซูร์รา”
  • Turkish: “Mavi Mağara”
  • Ukrainian: “Блакитний грот”
  • Ukrainian: “Голубий грот”
  • “Blue Grotto”

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