The Best Luxury Hotels in Capri

Top 10 Best Luxury Hotels in Capri

Capri island welcomes visitors with stunning sea views and sunny skies. The best luxury hotels in Capri offer amazing stays where you can relax and enjoy Italian hospitality at its finest. These special places help you experience the carefree island lifestyle that makes Capri famous.

Our guide takes you through Capri's top hotels - from historic buildings to modern retreats, all designed to make your Mediterranean vacation unforgettable.

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Why Visit Capri?

You should visit Capri for its breathtaking scenery of dramatic cliffs and crystal-clear blue waters, exclusive luxury hotels, and rich history dating back to Roman emperors. The island offers exceptional Italian cuisine featuring fresh seafood, high-end shopping along Via Camerelle, and natural wonders like the magical Blue Grotto sea cave.

Capri's relaxing Mediterranean atmosphere provides an escape from mainland crowds, while still allowing for scenic boat tours and easy day trips to the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii, and Naples. This perfect blend of natural beauty, luxury, and authentic Italian charm creates an unforgettable vacation experience.

How to get to the island of Capri

Reaching Capri is simple via regular ferries from Naples. Daily service runs from 7:55am to 7:10pm (Naples to Capri Ferry) for €27.50-€35.00, with the journey taking about 67 minutes. Return trips (Capri to Naples) operate from 5:40am to 7:55pm daily for €22.50-€30.00, lasting approximately 65 minutes. Once you arrive, you'll find the best luxury hotels in Capri offer transfer services to whisk you from the marina up to their properties, often including luggage assistance to navigate the steep island terrain.

How We Choose the best Luxury Hotels in Capri?

Our selection process is rigorous and uncompromising. We listen to previous customer reviews, evaluating everything from bedroom comfort to service quality. Location is crucial - the best luxury hotels in Capri must offer either breathtaking sea views or exceptional proximity to the island's attractions.

We assess staff attentiveness, dining experiences, and unique amenities like private beach access or historical significance. Each hotel must demonstrate authentic Italian hospitality while providing modern luxuries. Only properties that consistently excel across these criteria make our exclusive list, ensuring you experience the very best Capri has to offer.

Our Top Luxury Hotel Recommendations

1. Hotel Caesar Augustus

Hotel Caesar Augustus tops my list of the best luxury hotels in Capri for its exceptional cliff-edge location 300 meters above the sea.

Key Benefits

This former villa offers unmatched panoramic views of the Bay of Naples and Amalfi Coast, featuring 49 individually-decorated rooms and 6 magnificent suites. What sets it apart is its double-level infinity pool, zero-mile cuisine restaurant using ingredients from their own garden, and outdoor wellness area.

The five star hotel in Capri maintains the intimate feel of a private home while providing 5-star amenities. Its legendary infinity terrace, where sea meets sky, creates a magical atmosphere, especially at sunset when piano music fills the air.

Wellness

Hotel Caesar Augustus also has an outdoor wellness centre, where you can go for body treatments as well as a sea view fitness terrace. Check it out.

Location

It is situated in Anacapri with Monte Solaro Chairlift a few minutes walk away and the Blue Grotto a 5 minute drive away.

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2. Hotel Villa Brunella

Hotel Villa Brunella sits tucked away on Capri's scenic Via Tragara, just steps from the bustling Piazzetta. This boutique 5 star hotel cascades down the hillside in a series of terraces overlooking Marina Piccola, offering rooms with private sea-view balconies that serve as open-air living spaces.

Key Benefits

Each room faces the ocean from their private terrace so dont worry about picking the wrong room. They also feature bright island-style décor with hand-painted majolica tile floors, spacious armoires, and full bathrooms. Villa Brunella delivers with in-room spa services including qualified physiotherapist massages and beauty treatments.

Ammenities

Amenities include a panoramic pool, restaurant, cocktail bar, fitness area, and 24-hour reception, all in a location that balances shopping and dining access with peaceful seclusion from day-trippers.

Location

Hotel Villa Brunella is a 12 minute walk from the Gardens of Augustus & 20 minutes from Marina Grande.

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3. Hotel Scalinatella

This 5-star luxury retreat sits just minutes from Capri's famous Piazzetta while offering perfect seclusion. Hotel Scalinatella features rooms with stunning sea views, two swimming pools overlooking Marina Piccola Bay, and verdant gardens.

The best luxury hotels in Capri distinguish themselves through exceptional dining experiences, and Scalinatella's Casa Morgano restaurant transforms meals into memorable sensory journeys featuring authentic island flavors.

The property, helmed by Nicolino, Carmen, and Andrea Morgano, delivers world-class hospitality that has earned it top rankings from Condé Nast Traveler. Highlights are its ideal location, renovated spacious rooms, attentive staff (particularly Luigi), exceptional drinks, and mountain views.

Location

The hotel is a 5 minute walk away from Piazza Umberto I & 8 minutes from the Gardens of Augustus.

What a day at Hotel Scalinatella looks like:

Waking up at Scalinatella is like stepping into a dream. Your first delightful decision? Where to enjoy breakfast: in your room, the breakfast room, or on the terrace overlooking the sea. The terrace often wins, offering panoramic views with your meal.

Around 10 AM, you can hit the gym or, more likely, head to one of the stunning pools. By 11 AM, you're splashing in the main pool with sea views, or perhaps your own private pool.

At 1 PM, it's time for lunch at the poolside restaurant. You can enjoy light Mediterranean dishes with the sparkling sea as your backdrop. The afternoon is all about soaking in the exclusive Scalinatella experience.

As 5 PM approaches, gather on La Terrazza to watch the sunset and plan your evening. At 7 PM, the bar calls—will it be a cocktail or champagne, inside or on the sea-view terrace?

Finally, at 8 PM, as Capri's lights begin to twinkle, the restaurant welcomes you for a reinterpreted taste of Southern Italian gastronomy. It's the perfect end to an unforgettable day.

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4. Capri Tiberio Palace

Capri Tiberio Palace offers an eclectic blend of contemporary and retro design that evokes La Dolce Vita. This property stands out with its multiethnic décor, personalized service, and prime location balancing social scene access with privacy.

Key Benefits

Benefits include uniquely designed rooms featuring Mediterranean color palettes and sea views, the panoramic Terrazza Tiberio restaurant serving authentic local cuisine with modern flair, and the 600-square-meter SPA Tiberio offering therapeutic treatments in a zen-inspired setting.

Pools

The heated indoor/outdoor pool with art installations provides relaxation with spectacular Mediterranean views, completing this boutique luxury experience.

Top Room Reco

If you want to splurge in this 5 star hotel in Capri Italy book the "Dolce Vita Suite". It is a perfect large room with an outdoor terrace looking at the water and the rest of the island. It comes with a king size bed, a sofa in the living room and a fabulous bath to relax and unwind.

Location

Capri Tiberio palace is centrally location in Capri being just a 5 minute walk from Piazzetta di Capri & 13 minutes from Marina Grande.

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5. Luxury Villa Excelsior Parco

Built in 1906 atop ancient Roman ruins, Luxury Villa Excelsior Parco offers an intimate Art Nouveau retreat with just 11 uniquely designed rooms.

Each space features luxurious furnishings, Mediterranean views, and private terraces. Among the Best Luxury Hotels in Capri, this historic property preserves original Liberty-style architectural elements including floral stucco moldings and elegant inlays.

Key Benefits

Standouts include the Deluxe 1906 suite with sea-view terrace and outdoor jacuzzi. Benefits include personalized service, healthy breakfast options (organic, vegan, gluten-free), Roman heritage and early 20th-century elegance plus picturesque Gulf of Naples views.

Activities

If your looking for something to do, the staff can help organise activities such as cooking classes, helicopter tours, yoga, and much more.

Location

This 5 star hotel is in Marina Grande and a 15 minute walk from Piazzetta di Capri or Piazza Umberto I.

Check out Luxury Villa Excelsior Parco's room prices & availability.

6. Jumeirah Capri Palace

A hidden gem in Anacapri earning its self on the list of the best 5 hotels in Capri Italy! Jumeirah Capri Palace offers that perfect escape from Capri's tourist crowds while still delivering serious luxury vibes.

Food

The suites have this incredible personality—Italian elegance meets contemporary design. Their dining scene is next-level: the Michelin-starred L'Olivo (worth every euro!) and the rooftop Zuma for Japanese fusion with sunset view.

Wellness

The beach club is a must-visit—direct access to the Blue Grotto without the tourist lines! Their Medical Spa isn't your typical hotel wellness center and you can spend hours in the thalassotherapy pool.

On top of the spa for wellbeing, they also have a gym, plus leg school treatment. The program helps strengthen capillaries, tissue rejuvenation, circulation enhancement to help enhance healthier legs.

Location

Jumeirah Capri Palace is located in Anacapri a few minutes drive from Piazzetta di Capri & Marina Grande.

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7. Grand Hotel Quisisana

Grand Hotel Quisisana is in the center of Capri town, very close to the famous Piazzetta square. This 5-star hotel has amazing views of the famous Faraglioni rocks, Marina Piccola beach, and the pretty Gardens of Augustus. You can walk to all the best places on the island from this hotel.

Key Standouts

There is a spa with pools, massage treatments, and a sauna. The Quisi Bar is a nice place to have drinks and food while listening to piano music.

The Rooms

All the hotel rooms are decorated in white colors. The white walls make the beautiful blue sea and green plants outside the windows look even more beautiful.

Favourite Room

I'm a big fan of ocean views, so the junior suite sea view. It has blue and white of the majolica tiles, Capri style finishes and a huge lounge area. My favourite part is of course the terrace that looks to the sea, the park and pool.

Location

Grand Hotel Quisisana is right in the centre of Capri so close to the Piazza and Gardens of Augustus just a 5 minute walk away.

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8. J.K. Place Capri

This beautiful 5-star boutique hotel in Capri sits right on the stunning Neapolitan Gulf, giving you those dreamy blue sea views that make Capri so special. It feels more like staying at a friend's gorgeous private home than a fancy hotel - which is exactly what makes it so charming.

What Makes This Place Special

The hotel opens up to amazing views of the bright blue waters and you'll always feel that lovely Mediterranean breeze. There's a fantastic restaurant where you can enjoy fresh local food while sitting on their huge terrace overlooking the sea. See above

Wellness

The J.K. Spa is where the magic really happens. It's this peaceful place right in the heart of Capri where you can completely switch off from everything. They have a lovely steam room and all sorts of treatments that mix old Mediterranean secrets with modern spa techniques. The natural skincare products they use are amazing and really give you that glow.

My Favorite Room

The deluxe rooms are absolutely stunning - they're all done up in crisp navy blue and white colors that perfectly match the sea outside. These rooms are nice and spacious (around 28-38 square meters) and each one has its own private balcony where you can sit and enjoy the fresh ocean air. I love that they give you 2 comfy deck chairs facing the water, and the rooms are super quiet.

Location

Marina Grande, the marina is an 8 minute walk and to get to the Piazzetta di Capri, 17 minutes.

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9. Punta Tragara

When people ask me about the best luxury hotels in Capri, Punta Tragara is always on my list. This incredible 5-star hotel sits on a cliff with amazing views of those famous Faraglioni rocks rising from the deep blue sea. You're surrounded by Capri Bay's beauty but tucked away from the busy Piazzetta crowds.

The Story Behind This Amazing Place

This hotel was designed by famous architect Le Corbusier in 1920! He called it "an architectural blossom" because it grows right out of the rock. During WWII, it hosted General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill. In the 1970s, it became one of the most exclusive luxury hotels in Capri during those glamorous "Dolce Vita" days.

Wellness

The wellness area is carved into the rock and feels so peaceful. They work with NARDUCCI Wellness to create personalized treatments using clean, vegan products. Whether you want a relaxing massage or high-tech face treatments, everything's designed to help you completely unwind.

Pool Time and Staying Active

There are two gorgeous freshwater pools - one heated with massage jets! Sip cocktails poolside with incredible views or relax with a book. The fitness area has top Technogym equipment overlooking lush gardens, plus they can arrange personal training sessions.

My Favorite Room - The Art Suite

The Art Suite is on the fifth floor with a terrace that feels like you're floating above the sea. The bathroom is stunning - imagine soaking in a panoramic bathtub while looking at the Faraglioni rocks! Plus there's a magnificent roof terrace that makes you feel on top of the world.

Location

Hotel Punta Tragara is very well located just east of the town, about 12 minutes way away from Piazzetta di Capri.

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10. La Palma Capri

La Palma Capri holds a special place among luxury hotels in Capri as the island's very first hotel, originally built in 1822. This stunning 50-room boutique property is just steps from the famous Piazzetta and has been completely transformed by the Oetker Collection into something truly spectacular.

Hungry?

What really sets this 5 star hotel in Capri Italy apart is the incredible dining under Michelin-starred chef Gennaro Esposito. You've got three restaurants and bars to choose from, each offering something different but equally delicious. The focus is on fresh, local ingredients with Italian classics like aubergine parmigiana and lobster pasta that will blow your mind.

Pooltime

The pool deck overlooks the boutiques of Via Vittorio Emanuele, and the exclusive Aqua Bar serves amazing cocktails and healthy snacks. La Palma Spa is your peaceful escape from all the island excitement - it's designed to help you detox and get that famous "Capri glow" with their signature treatments.

My Favorite Room

Junior suite - These suites are gorgeous. You can have a king bed or twins, plus there's a sofa bed if you need extra space. The best part? Direct access to the hotel pool, so you can literally roll out of bed and into paradise.

Location

La Palma Capri being the first hotel, has claimed its place right in the centre of Capri. Piazza Umberto is 2 minutes away and the Marina Grande a short 10 minute walk away.

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What are the Best Areas to Stay in Capri?

Choosing the best area to stay in Capri depends on your desired experience.

Capri Town. For those seeking vibrant nightlife and high-end shopping, Capri Town, centered around the bustling Piazzetta, is ideal, though expect daytime crowds.

Best for: Luxury shoppers, nightlife enthusiasts, and social travelers who enjoy being in the heart of the action.

Anacapri. If a more tranquil and authentic atmosphere is preferred, Anacapri, located on the island's higher slopes, offers stunning views and a less tourist-heavy environment.

Best for: Peace-seekers, nature lovers, and those wanting an authentic Italian experience away from the crowds.

Marina Grande. For convenient access to the sea, Marina Grande, the main harbor, provides easy boat tour departures, while Marina Piccola, on the southern coast, boasts beautiful beaches and views of the iconic Faraglioni rocks.

Best for: Beach lovers, boat tour enthusiasts, and those wanting easy access to water activities and swimming.

Essentially, whether you prioritize lively activity, serene landscapes, or seaside proximity will determine the perfect Capri location for your stay.

A Map of the Best Luxury Hotels in Capri

Hotels in Capri by Value

How long should you stay in Capri?

Let's get real about Capri. It totally depends on what kind of trip you're after.

• For a Quick Taste:
  • A day trip is doable, especially if you're hopping over from Naples or the Amalfi Coast. You can hit the big stuff—the Blue Grotto, the Piazzetta—but you'll be on the go. Plus you have to coordinate the ferry times which are around an hour each way.
• To Really Experience Capri:
  • I'd say at least 2-3 days. This gives you time to explore Capri Town, wander around Anacapri, chill on the beaches, and maybe take a boat trip around the island. Plus, you get to see Capri when the day crowds leave, which is pure magic.
• For a Luxurious Escape:
  • If you want to live the Capri life, go for 4 days or more. That way, you can take your time, enjoy the fancy shops, the awesome restaurants, the beach clubs, and just relax and soak up those killer views.

Here's the deal: Capri is more than just what you see. It's about how it feels. Staying overnight lets you feel that, and it's totally worth it. So, make your plans, and get ready to fall head over heels for this amazing island!

Transport options to Capri Centre

Reaching the central area of Capri, particularly the vibrant Piazzetta, is easily accomplished through several means, especially when arriving at Marina Grande, the island's primary port. The funicular offers a swift and scenic ascent, delivering passengers directly to the vicinity of the Piazzetta.

Alternatively, a network of compact buses navigates Capri's intricate roads, providing another convenient option from Marina Grande to the heart of Capri Town.

For those seeking a more comfortable, though pricier, journey, Capri's iconic open-top taxis are readily available. If your staying in one of the best luxury hotels in Capri, they often have a shuttle.

While walking is a possibility, it's important to note that the route from Marina Grande to Capri Town involves an uphill climb, which can be challenging, particularly during warmer periods.

The Best Months to Visit Capri

Spring (May and early June)

This period is often considered ideal. The weather is pleasantly warm, and the island is less crowded than during the peak summer months. Flowers are in bloom, adding to the island's beauty. Sea temperatures begin to be comfortable for swimming. This is a great time for hiking and exploring the island's natural beauty.

Summer (July and August)

These are the peak tourist months, with hot weather and large crowds. While the atmosphere is vibrant, expect higher prices and longer waits. If you enjoy a lively atmosphere and don't mind crowds, this could be a good time to visit. The sea is at its warmest during these months.

Autumn (September and early October)

Similar to spring, autumn offers mild temperatures and fewer crowds. The sea remains warm from the summer, making it perfect for swimming. The atmosphere is relaxed, and you can enjoy the island's charm without the summer rush. This is also a great time to find end of season sales in the shops.

Tips for Booking a Luxury Hotel in Capri

Securing a luxurious Capri stay requires strategic planning. First, prioritize early bookings, as Capri's popularity, especially during peak summer, leads to rapid reservations. Opting for shoulder seasons like May/June or September/October can yield better rates and a more relaxed atmosphere.

Secondly, location dictates your experience. Choose between the vibrant Capri Town, tranquil Anacapri, or scenic Marina Piccola, aligning your preference with desired views and proximity to attractions.

Then, meticulously research hotel amenities, ensuring they match your expectations for luxury perks like private pools or spa services, and consult reviews for insights on service quality.

FAQ'S About Luxury Hotels in Capri

What is the best luxury hotel in Capri?

For those seeking Capri's best, Hotel Caesar Augustus reigns supreme. Its cliff-top location offers unmatched panoramic views, and its unique amenities—double-level infinity pool, garden-to-table dining—create an exceptional experience. The intimate atmosphere and magical sunset terrace make it a clear favorite for luxury travelers. View more details for Hotel Caesar Augustus.

What kind of views can I expect from premium hotels?

Capri is renowned for its breathtaking vistas. Depending on the hotel's location, you can expect panoramic views of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the iconic Faraglioni rocks, the lush island landscape, or the charming town of Capri itself. Hotels often prioritize these views with private balconies, terraces, and strategically placed pools.

Are private pools common in the best luxury Capri hotels?

Yes, many high-end hotels in Capri offer rooms or suites with private pools or plunge pools. These are particularly popular for guests seeking ultimate privacy and relaxation. When booking, specifically inquire about rooms with private pools if this is a priority for you.

What dining experiences are offered at these hotels?

The best luxury hotels in Capri typically boast gourmet restaurants featuring local and international cuisine. Expect fresh seafood, regional specialties, and fine wines. Many hotels offer Michelin-starred dining or collaborate with renowned chefs. Private dining experiences, such as romantic dinners on terraces or poolside, are also often available.

How do I ensure I get personalized service?

Personalized service is a hallmark of luxury hotels. Look for hotels with a high staff-to-guest ratio, dedicated concierge services, and a reputation for attentive care. Reading reviews and testimonials can give you insights into the level of personalized service offered. Communicate your preferences and needs to the hotel in advance to ensure a tailored experience.

What transportation options are available from luxury hotels to explore the island?

Luxury hotels often provide or arrange transportation services for guests. This may include private car transfers, boat tours, or access to the island's unique open-top taxis. Concierge services can assist with booking transportation and providing recommendations for exploring Capri's attractions. Some hotels also offer shuttle services to popular destinations on the island.

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