Yacht Charter Capri

What a day at Capri actually looks like

A typical day charter leaves Salerno, Amalfi or Positano in the morning and is at the island within one to two hours depending on the port and the boat. The run itself is part of the day: the Amalfi cliffs from the water are the view people remember.

The standard circuit is the Blue Grotto first — it is entered by rowing boat and the wait grows through the morning, so early is the only sensible time — then round the island past the Green Grotto and the Faraglioni, through the arch in the middle stack, and into Marina Piccola or a quieter cove for swimming and lunch aboard.

Most parties go ashore in the late afternoon, take the funicular up to the Piazzetta, and are back aboard before the return crossing. Others skip the town entirely and stay in the water. Both are legitimate; your skipper will tell you which suits the day's sea state.

Which boat suits Capri

For a day charter, a motor yacht is the right tool: it makes the crossing quickly, gives you shade and a proper bathing platform, and does not need wind. Our Amalfi Coast motor yachts run this itinerary through the season.

For a week that includes Capri alongside Positano, Ischia and the Sorrentine peninsula, a crewed sailing yacht or catamaran gives you far more space to live in and a better rhythm — the crossings are short enough that speed matters less than comfort.

Where the yacht can and cannot go

Berths in Marina Grande are limited and spoken for well ahead in July and August. In practice most charters anchor and use the tender, which is frequently the better experience: you swim from the boat rather than walking back to a crowded quay.

The Blue Grotto closes without notice in any north-westerly swell. It is not a fault of the operator when this happens — it is the sea — and a good skipper will have an alternative ready rather than waiting at the entrance.