Capri vs Ischia

Shopping

The luxury shopping triangle in Capri goes from Piazza Umberto I to Via Camerelle and Via Le Botteghe. In Anacapri, along via Giuseppe Orlandi Street, you will find many craft shops, while souvenir shops are centered along the road leading to Villa San Michele.

– Via delle Botteghe: here craft accessories such as the beautiful high quality sunglasses Capri People and design items for your home.

– For ceramics a compulsory stage is the laboratory of one of the last ceramists remaining on the Island: Cecilia Sbandi. This wonderful workshop is located in Via Camerelle. Here you can buy items created specifically for you and personalized like the typical Capri tiles and the lucky ceramic bells.

– Custom-made Capri sandals. The artisan sandals, (Da Costanzo, Canfora) among the oldest on the island, are also loved by most popular fashion bloggers around the world who come to Capri go looking for non-conventional items and must have! Jacqueline Kennedy here made create a model specifically for her.

– For silk scarves the boutique Grakko in Anacapri. Como’s silk and many variations of charms and hooks to be applied are waiting for you.

– The historic Pierino jewelery to buy the Campanella of Capri, you can choose from hundreds of models and colors.

– A bottle of the best Italian limoncello together with an excellent caprese cake with cocoa and almond. Here you will really be spoiled for choice, because these two products represent the excellence of island food.

– In Piazzetta, under the famous clock, La Parisienne boutique, which since 1906 is one of the greatest symbols of Capri fashion. The multibrand boutique offers sophisticated and elegant styles.

– Adrian’s and Capri Couture, from the 1960s to today has never stopped producing the luxury prêt-à-porter, keeping alive the precious tradition of Caprese craftsmanship: kaftans, printed silk tunics, colored dresses with crystals.

– In Via Vittorio Emanuele and Via Camerelle the boutiques of Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Miu Miu and Moschino.

– Capri Watch. The brand was founded in the ’90s by Silvio Staiano, but in fact the store’s business dates back to 1964, when its parents sold handmade ceramic items.

– The Chantecler boutique, which has exported Capri style all over the world.

– The handmade perfume. Turning around the island you will notice several perfume workshops. It is an ancient tradition, begun in 1400 by the monks of the Charterhouse of St. James (Carthusia).

Nightlife

Already from the aperitifs people pour into the Piazzetta, where is always possible having a drink before eating dinner in one of the many Capri restaurants and have fun on the notes of live Neapolitan classics. In Capri is easy to meet the most famous characters in the entertainment world and all the international jet set.

Shopping

Ischia will not disappoint you, giving you a fantastic shopping experience, including luxury brands, handicraft boutiques and souvenir shops.

– Corso Vittoria Colonna at Ischia Porto is definitely ideal for your purchases or even just for a walk in the evening. There are many fashion stores and boutiques. Going down the course, you arrive in via Roma, a very central street just a few steps from the marina. Here too, there are plenty of clothing stores, as well as small craft shops, typical products, restaurants and bars. Among the brands we remember RED Valentino, Yamamay, Benetton and Camomilla.

– In Ischia Porto and in Forio the Ancient Sartoria by Giacomo Cinque, a fashion brand that has led the hippy-chic style of Positano in many Italian cities.

– In Corso Vittoria Colonna and Via Roma, you will find the boutique La Caprese Più, which for over 50 years is a reference on Ischia Island in the distribution of luxury clothing fashion and accessories.

– In Lacco Ameno corso Angelo Rizzoli, the main avenue of the town, dedicated to the famous publisher, who in the second half of the last century was the great artisan of the tourist development of this town and of the whole island. The course is very elegant and noble, you can find shops of all kinds, from clothing to local products and all kinds of souvenir.

– between clothing and typical Ischitan products are the craft sandals of Mario d’Ischia. In the two stores, widely devoted to women’s and beach fashionable, dominate natural fabrics and crude linen. The most fascinating thing of the past is certainly the on demand production of Ischitian handmade sandals, garnished with coral and turquoise paste, and customizable according to the specific requirements of the customer.

– Natural cosmetics are famous across Ischia. From soaps to body lotions, passing through face and hair care products, there are many boutiques to choose the most suitable items for your needs.

– In Forio, Essence, the artistic perfumery of the island of Ischia, with a very sought-after assortment, with handmade and exclusive brands.

– In Sant’Angelo there are plenty of shops in the suburbs of the village: from high fashion boutiques to craft shops where you can buy souvenirs and ceramic objects

– Delightful the village of Ischia Ponte: Via Mazzella is a real outdoor gallery where you can relax by strolling. Jewelers, gift shops and boutiques of taste and gastronomic tradition

– The typical amaro of the island, the Rucolino. It is a rucola bitter that can be served both iced and at room temperature.

Nightlife

Whether you have chosen beach life, art or relax, the island in the evening offers so much fun: you can opt for one of the many fashionable locales in Ischia Porto, or for any restaurant or pizzeria where is served the typical Ischia rabbit. The island is also famous for the Ischia Film Festival, which takes place each year in June in the splendid setting of the Aragonese Castle: the event features on the island the glam that has celebrated it over the years.