Blue Grotto
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. 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.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (110 feet)
- …is also known as “Grotta Azzurra”
- Description: sea cave on the coast of Capri, Italy
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Villa San Michele and Villa Damecuta.
Villa San Michele
The Villa San Michele was built about the end of the…
1½ km east of Blue Grotto
Villa Damecuta
Villa Damecuta is a ruins.
500 metres west of Blue Grotto
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capri.
Blue Grotto
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Latitude
40.56094° or 40° 33′ 39″ north
Longitude
14.20574° or 14° 12′ 21″ east
Open location code
8FGPH664+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cave_entrance
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Blue Grotto” goes by many names.
Shpella BluAlbanian
Shpella Blu (Kapri)Albanian
الكهف الأزرقArabic
Mavi mağaraAzerbaijani
Зәңгәр мәғәрәBashkir
Зәңгәр мәғәрә (Капри)Bashkir
Блакітны гротBelarusian
Блакітны грот, КапрыBelarusian
Grotta AzzurraCebuano
藍洞Chinese
Modra špiljaCroatian
Modra špilja (Capri)Croatian
Modrá jeskyněCzech
Den Blå GrotteDanish
Blauwe GrotDutch
بلو جروتوEgyptian Arabic
Blua GrotoEsperanto
Blua KavernoEsperanto
Grotta AzzurraFinnish
המערה הכחולהHebrew
Kék-barlangHungarian
Grotta AzzurraIndonesian
Grotta AzzurraItalian
青の洞窟Japanese
Көгілдір гротKazakh
Көк үңгірKazakh
푸른 동굴Korean
Žydroji grotaLithuanian
ബ്ലൂ ഗ്രോട്ടോMalayalam
بلوگورت توي غارMazanderani
Den blå grotteNorwegian
Den blå grotteNorwegian Bokmål
Lazurowa GrotaPolish
Grota AlbastrăRomanian
Голубой гротRussian
Modrá jaskyňaSlovak
Blå grottanSwedish
Blå grottan, CapriSwedish
กรอตตาอัซซูร์ราThai
Mavi MağaraTurkish
Блакитний гротUkrainian
Голубий гротUkrainian
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