TUSCANY

Photo of Capraia ... and a short travel diary

& quot; we discovered beautiful bays and impressive cliffs, truly memorable landscapes. Cala Rossa, in particular, would also send an iron, with its red and white rocks and the crystal clear sea.
We dived and we found ourselves to swim between hundreds of glances, blue-silver fish that I am more a lot Appetizing (fortunately they protected from the natural reserve status of the island). & quot; > Read the complete travel diary below on this page

Information and travel tips on Capraia

Tuscany is famous for its hills on which fascinating medieval countries are perched. The Tuscan archipelago with its most inhabited and most wild islands presents beaches and cliffs worthy of the Caribbean.
write us here: info@wildrips.net if you are interested in a sailing charter holiday in the Tuscan archipelago.
More information in photo descriptions and in the Travel diary under

Travel diary and photo of Capraia

A somewhat day trip to Capraia is an exceptional way to discover a splendid, little tourist island and surrounded by a crystal clear sea.
After a night of navigation from Liguria, we reached the island late in the morning. We moored at anchor in the bay in front of the country. We called the Captainer and there was fortunately assigned a place to the gavitello. After a bath, we went to moor ourselves in a very clear water where numerous fish packs were visible. We were in front of a steep cliff that a few tens of meters away. The country's right to the right with the actual port, reachable with the tender-tender in fifty Remo strokes.

We went down to the ground to visit the tranquil village of Capraia, with its castle in a panoramic position.
In a moment we felt in another world, as if we had left for a month, when in reality it had just passed one day. We were inspired and free and serene.

***
I tell a funny anecdote here (you can jump to the next asterisks if you don't want or you can't make you two laughs on my shoulders).
After the ride in the village we returned to the boat for dinner, then my girlfriend and We decided to return to the city to take a ride and eat an ice cream. We made ourselves beautiful and elegant, we mounted onto the tank and I started rowing. Too bad there was a contrary wind of 20 knots that made every effortless effort. I raised a sea of splashes but nothing, the dinghy went drifting. I accepted the challenge of the elements and between the amused and the terrified person I managed to approach the mouth of the canal that carried in the village. Unfortunately, here the wind reinforced, as there was to expect, and in a swirl of splashes lost a Remo. Very bad. Who knows where the wind would push us. Perhaps in Corsica.

Then, with a motionless vessel acceleration, I managed to recover the oar, so my girlfriend and I sung if it was better to return to the boat or not. We decided that it was preferable to survive and we headed back.
Initially the wind pushed us against the cliff, and I was already studying if there was a beach to sleep, but in the end I decoupled the efforts and arrived to harp the top of a boat. From here, dragging us between a mooring and another, rubbing on hulls and gavitelli, we reached our sweet home floating home.
"You returned soon," they told us those left on board.
"Mah, was all Closed, "we replied, completely soup. We were not credible, so we confessed the apply of defeat. Overall, it was an extremely fun experience, which I recommend, with due prudence. (I exaggerated the risks, but it is always positive to consider the consequences before acting).
(You will say: But why not mount a small engine on the tender? Smart question, and a possible answer is that in the 10 seconds you need to turn on A cold or jammed outboard would be over to rocks or in the middle of the sea; after all, the oars have an intrinsic safety. Obviously, having both oars and engine is not a bad idea).
***
The next day we explored the coasts of Capraia aboard a leased goiter at 60 euros all day ... little stuff, once divided between five friends. We discovered beautiful bays and impressive cliffs, truly memorable landscapes. Cala Rossa, in particular, would also send an iron, with its red and white rocks and the crystal clear sea .

We dived and we found ourselves swimming between hundreds of looks, blue-silver fish which are also quite appetizing (luckily protected from the island's natural reserve status).
After some beautiful bathroom We returned to Capraia Country. We also lucky enough to see an octopus perched on the bottom of the sea in front of our mooring. We were getting used to living in nature, breathing smell of sea, depending on sunlight and wind. He didn't seem more than we left for a month, but for a year. The mainland and work and the daily routine seemed more than Katmandu and Timbuktu b>, stopping at anchor in such a transparent water that the bottom looked at just 1 meter under the water's hair. The depth sounder, however, marked 10 meters and we trusted and ended up. We had no rocks or sand. In short, the instrumentation was right.

In the afternoon a beautiful scirocco wind rose: the boat was inclined, the crew engaged in barbed and tapping, resting and strange. He crazy and left, were exciting hours under a beautiful sun.
An aperitif in the middle of the sea, overlooking Capraia, was our way of greeting the island. We returned to Liguria under the full moon and a beautiful starry sky, with the scirocco that continued to make us from "engine", thus concluding our weekend lasted a year.
If you like these wild trips or if you want to find more photos of this and other destinations, as well as advice and new itineraries, visit our FB page and put like: