Capraia

Municipality: Capraia Isola.

Province: Livorno.

Geographical position: situated at the limit between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea; It is 64 km from Livorno, 55 km from the promontory of Piombino, 42 km from Portoferraio, 37 km from Gorgona and 31 km from Capo Corso.

Shape and dimensions: elliptical shape with longer axis extended in the NE direction; it is about 8 km long and about 4 km wide, it is the third island of the Tuscan Archipelago after Elba and Giglio.

Surface: about 20 Km2; Coastal development: about 30 km.

Maximum height: Monte Castello (445 meters s.l.m.).

Inhabitants: around 350.

From the ship Capraia appears inaccessible, surrounded as it is by a deep blue night sea in which it plunges its steep cliffs, it seems impossible that there is a landing … then, protected by the strong S. Giorgio, the port appears. Brulla, with its fragrant helichrysum garrigues, fascinates us with the dark rocks that bear witness to its volcanic origin and which reach its maximum splendor in the red Punta dello Zenobito.