Capri

Capri Palace Hotel & Spa is an Italian nomination for a Readers' Choice Award for Best International Spa Retreat, located on the island of Capri in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Capri Palace, located in the exclusive Anacapri area, was built by the father of current owner and manager Tonino Cacace and recently underwent renovations to create a classic palazzo caprese and update its extraordinary amenities. Capri Palace boasts an art gallery, Capri's only restaurant with two Michelin stars (L'Olivo), a wine cellar of over 1,000 labels and 12,000 bottles, a heated outdoor pool with a view of the ocean, 50-65 foot yachts for excursions and a serviceable heliport -- all in addition to being home to the world-famous Capri Beauty Farm.


The Capri Beauty Farm offers results-oriented programs like The Leg School, for enhancing the appearance and health of the legs and "making them feel lighter." The Leg School includes a session on The Power Plate, which vibrates to tone your legs (sounds stimulating), a lymphatic drainage massage, pressing therapy, gymnastics in a thalassotherapeutic pool, and options like mud treatments, medicated bandaging and "Kneipp" vascular treatments (where they stick you in hot or cold water).

The Heart School incorporates massages and ecological walks, as well as medical procedures, into improving cardiovascular health and the Metabolic Response program diagnoses and treats metabolism issues to promote weight loss and optimum physical health. As one might expect, doctors, dieticians and cardiovascular specialists are on-hand to ensure your cutting-edge relaxation and regeneration are monitored with the latest western medical technology at the ready.

The Capri Beauty Farm also has a full range of innovative and rejuvenating treatments for the body and face, and any other part of you which needs attention -- if you're not sure, just ask them for the full range of Diagnostics. They can administer any number of diagnostic tests from blood tests and electrocardiograms to an anti-age test to determine your biological age and a food intolerance test to see if you are unknowingly suffering detrimental effects from something you're eating.

This high-tech, cosmopolitan destination also places tremendous importance on diet, and incorporates personalized plans into all packages with an emphasis on Mediterranean cuisine. You'll emerge from the Capri Beauty Farm eating well and looking and feeling renewed -- and ready to call your helicopter.

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Known for its azure blue waters, famous grottos, and dramatic vistas, the island of Capri has long been one of Italy's most visited and treasured destinations, especially among the jet set. Diplomat, journalist, and avid diver Patrick Howlett-Martin's new book Capri by the Sea, due out from Skira in May, offers readers a intimate look at the island he's been exploring for more than 15 years. Howlett features 14 seagoing itineraries around the island, giving readers a meticulously detailed guide to exploring Capri's grottos, beaches, and hiking destinations.

Each of the entries are carefully documented with detailed information about getting to the destination, diving notes, what to see and do, touring the grottos, and the paths that you can explore once there. This is a yachtsman's must-have to be sure. Every page is also embellished with fascinating trivia, including present day and historical photographs, documents, works of art, curiosities, and quotes from famous writers and poets inspired by this idyllic island. The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.

Gwyneth Paltrow has been named the new face of Italian luxury goods brand Tod's in the wake of a short film she made for them which just debuted at Cannes. The ad campaign, shot by Mario Testino in Capri aboard dashing Tod's CEO Diego Della Valle's yacht, portrays "the uber luxurious, outdoors-y life of a beautiful Italian aristocrat from the heady days of the jet-set era," Vogue UK reports.

"Italian style is very sexy, very womanly and what I love is that it seems to have so many different inspirations," Paltrow told the mag. She replaces Sienna Miller, who starred in Tod's ads last year. The Cannes short, which was directed by Dennis Hopper, a longtime friend of Della Valle's, portrayed a day in the life of Gwyneth with her favorite Tod's bag. We have long been fans of Tod's classic driving mocs, probably the most comfortable shoes in the world.

Perched on a rocky cliff with a view over the ocean, it's easy to see why the Roman emperor Tiberius chose this spot for one of his famous 12 villas on Capri. This island with its rocky cliffs and oceans views has seduced everyone from emperors to Gore Vidal. This villa has seven bedrooms, two kitchens and a large living room area. The home has a pool and helicopter access and private road access. It is selling for 30 million euros. After the jump, from here you can see forever...

Check out the place that Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley recently spent their honeymoon. They stayed at the Capri Palace Hotel & Spa in Anacapri. It has been reported that they stayed in the Megaron Suite, a 1,620-square-foot roof top penthouse which features a hanging garden, heated swimming pool, and a view of the ocean. The pricey suite costs 2,600 euros per night.

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