Campania · Bay of Naples
Yacht Charter Capri
Day charters and weekly itineraries to Capri, from Salerno, Positano and Marina di Stabia.
Capri is the most requested day out on this coast, and the one most often done badly. Arriving by public hydrofoil puts you on the island at the same hour as several thousand other people, in the one square kilometre they all walk through. Arriving on a chartered yacht puts you in Marina Piccola while the ferries are still loading in Naples, and takes you round the Faraglioni before the queue forms.
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.
Practical notes
- One to two hours by sea from Salerno, Amalfi, Positano or Marina di Stabia
- Day charters run from roughly April to October
- The Blue Grotto is best before ten, and closes in a north-westerly swell
- Berths at Marina Grande are scarce in high season; anchoring plus tender is normal
- Transfers from Naples airport or Salerno station arranged with the charter
Reached from: Salerno, Amalfi, Positano and Marina di Stabia
Where to dine
A table by the water
Da Paolino
Marina GrandeTables under a lemon pergola, and the fruit hangs over the plates. Booked weeks ahead in season, and worth the call.
Il Riccio
AnacapriAbove the Blue Grotto, on the cliff. The seafood is the point; so is the walk back down afterwards.
Aurora
CapriThe pizza all'acqua is what the island orders, and the room has watched Capri arrive and leave for sixty years.
What to do
Anchorages & excursions
The Faraglioni
Round them before the hydrofoils start. The middle stack has an arch and boats go through it, which is the photograph everyone has and almost nobody takes at seven.
Grotta Azzurra
Reached by rowing boat through a metre-high mouth, and the light comes up through the water rather than down from the sky. Queue by ten; empty at half past eight.
Marina Piccola
The south-facing anchorage under the Faraglioni, and where you go ashore for lunch at Da Luigi.
Villa Jovis and Monte Solaro
Tiberius's palace on the eastern cliff, and the chairlift to the island's summit from Anacapri. Both are morning walks.
The fleet
Yachts available for Capri
Vessels that operate here, from flagship motor yachts to smaller crewed boats. Every rate is quoted on enquiry.
Itineraries
Yacht charter itineraries at Capri
What a week here actually looks like, day by day.
Good to know
Questions we are asked about Capri
- How long does it take to reach Capri by yacht?
- One to two hours from the Amalfi Coast ports, depending on which port you leave from and the boat. From Marina di Stabia or Sorrento it is shorter; from Salerno, allow closer to two hours on a motor yacht.
- Can we do Capri as a day charter?
- Yes — it is the most requested day charter on this coast. A full day typically covers the Blue Grotto, a circuit of the island, the Faraglioni, swimming stops and time ashore, returning in the evening.
- Do we need to book a berth at Capri?
- Not usually. Berths in Marina Grande are limited and booked far ahead in summer, so most charters anchor off Marina Piccola or in a quieter cove and go ashore by tender.
- What does a yacht charter to Capri cost?
- Rates depend on the yacht, the season and the length of the day, so we quote on enquiry rather than publishing a figure that would be wrong for most people. Tell us your date and party size and we will send a proposal.
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