Villa San Michele (Villa Axel Munthe)

Axel Munthe's sumptuous island retreat on Capri

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Villa San Michele Axel Munthe, Anacapri, Capri
The pergola at Villa San Michele on Capri. (Photo by degreezero2000)The Swedish autobiographer, bird fancier, and selfless doctor Axel Munthe (1857–1949) had a love of Capri and an eye for stupendous, magical views, and he lived here for the last 56 years of his life.

While he originally acquired this land along Monte Barbarossa so as to provide a protected reserve for migratory birds, some of them endangered, he also fixed it up quite nicely as a place to live.

He built his classically inspired villa and its gardens to capitalize on vistas and naturally frame the essences of Capri's beauty, whether it be crumbling walls overflowing with bougainvillea, arbored paths centered on copies of Greek bronzes, ancient columns supporting whitewashed Gothic arches, miniature temples hidden in lush gardens, or a bust-lined balustrade beyond which spill breathtaking panoramas of the island and azure waters.

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★ Villa San Michele (Museo Axel Munthe)
Viale Axel Munthe (a continuation of Via Capodimonte), Anacapri
tel. +39- 081-837-1401
www.villasanmichele.eu
€8
Nov–Feb 9am–3:30pm
Mar 9am–4:30pm
Apr and Oct 9am–5pm
May–Sept 9am–6pm

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Bus (total: €28–€30; 5+ hr): Marozzivt.it (bus Sorrento-Roma Tiburtina; €20–€22; 4 hr) + Trenitalia.com (train Tiburtina-airport; €8, 48 min)
Private (€65–€120; 3 hr): Viator.com (note: Rome airport or hotel to Sorento or any Amalfi Coast town)

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Circumvesiviana train (Naples-Sorrento): Eavsrl.it
Italian rail (Naples-Salerno): Trenitalia.com
[The Amalfi Coast itself has no rail service, only bus and boat. Sorrento is the closest train station to the most popular A.C. towns, and the over-the-sea Sorrento-Salerno bus ride is more spectacular than the cliff-hugging Salerno-Sorrento reverse route.]

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Info
Lodging
Transport

Local tourist offices
Capritourism.com (local)
incampania.com (regional)

Other useful sites
Comunedianacapri.it (Anacapri civic site)
Capri.com (private site)
Museincampania.it (museums)

Hotel
B&B
Apartment
Hostel
Residence
Farm

Boat
Public
Bus
Tour
Train
Car
Air

Public transit
Ferries: Alilauro.it (Capri-Amalfi Coast); Coopsantandrea.com (Capri-Amalfi Coast)
Bus: Unicocampania.it, Sitasudtrasporti.it
Circumvesiviana train (Naples-Sorrento): Eavsrl.it
Italian rail (Naples-Salerno): Trenitalia.com

Airports
Napoli-Capodichino: Aeroportodinapoli.it
Roma Fiumicino: Adr.it

Airport transfers (Naples airport):
Bus (€10 to Sorrento; 75 min): Curreriviaggi.it
Private (€19 to Sorrento, €22–€25 to Postiano, Amalfi, or Ravello): Viator.com
Taxi (€100 to Sorrento): Aeroportodinapoli.it/taxi, Comune.napoli.it/servizinondilinea

Airport transfers (Rome airport):
Bus (total: €28–€30; 5+ hr): Marozzivt.it (bus Sorrento-Roma Tiburtina; €20–€22; 4 hr) + Trenitalia.com (train Tiburtina-airport; €8, 48 min)
Private (€65–€120; 3 hr): Viator.com (note: Rome airport or hotel to Sorento)

Regional rail & access points
Circumvesiviana train (Naples-Sorrento): Eavsrl.it
Italian rail (Naples-Salerno): Trenitalia.com
[The Amalfi Coast itself has no rail service, only bus and boat. Sorrento is the closest train station to the most popular A.C. towns, and the over-the-sea Sorrento-Salerno bus ride is more spectacular than the cliff-hugging Salerno-Sorrento reverse route.]

Car resources
Emergency service/tow: tel. 803-116
Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)