San Michele Review

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San Michele

  • Address: Piazza Nicola, Anacapri
  • Phone: 081/8372396

Fodor's Review:

In the heart of Anacapri, the octagonal baroque church of San Michele, finished in 1719, is best known for its exquisite majolica pavement designed by Solimena and executed by the mastro-riggiolaro (master tiler) Chiaiese from Abruzzo. A walkway skirts the depiction of Adam and a duly contrite Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, but you can get a fine overview from the organ loft, reached by a winding staircase near the ticket booth (a privileged perch you have to pay for). Outside the church is the Via Finestrale, which leads to Anacapri's noted Le Boffe quarter. This section of town, centered on the Piazza Ficacciate, owes its name to the distinctive domestic architecture prevalent here, which uses vaults and sculpted groins instead of crossbeams.

  • Cost: EUR 3
  • Open: Nov.-Mar., daily 9:30-3; Apr.-Oct., daily 9-7
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