Less brash than the Quisi and better located than the Capri Palace or JK Carpi, Punta Tragara can boast of the best real estate of any hotel on the island complete with private infinity decks with tear-inducing panoramas from a penthouse suite that could get an oh-la-la out even the most fickle jetsetter. A sophisticated design aesthetic free of trend includes bi-level guest rooms with creamy lime...
Accessible by boat along at the entrance of Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto) that’s congested with paddleboats and kamikaze water taxis, Restaurant Il Riccio rises above he Tyrolean Sea atop a rocky perch that was acquired a few years back by the family that owns the Capri Palace Hotel & Spa. A perilous stone staircase that zigzags from the sea leads to a decadent series of six immaculately de...
It would be easy to dismiss the bar at the Quisi as a touristy drinking joint of camera-ops and brash tourists in bad shorts and unsightly sandals. But for every one or two brazenly unfashionable guests sipping the cheapest wine by the glass and conversing endlessly over the bill, there sits the super-fashionable model or yachting oligarch how uses this lounge as a sort of downtown social club whe...
Some credit the trend to Mandalay Bay’s beach wave pool and Moorea Beach Club that brought European-style sunbathing to a mass-audience. Others insist that it was the weekly Hard Rock pool party called Rehab, that’s a margarita-induced pool party of muscle dudes and girlfriends that don’t mind the occasional waterborne chicken-fight.<br /> <br />But adult-only pools, or ultra-...
