Via Krupp was designed by industrialist Krupp and built in 1902 to connect the sea to Capri. The beautiful road winds down the hill from the Augustus Gardens outside the town of Capri to Marina Piccola on the sea. It's currently closed to the public.
The Augustus Gardens, Giardini Augusto, are about a 15 minute walk from Piazza Umberto I, Capri's main square. The path to the gardens passes above the Certosa di San Giacomo, a 14th century convent that now houses a museum and library. Concerts are sometimes held at the certosa. The walkway also passes the laboratory of the perfumes of Capri.
The gardens, commissioned by Krupp in the 1930s, are a display of island flowers planted on terraces. There's a large panoramic terrace above the gardens offering spectacular views of the certosa, the Faraglioni rocks, Monte Tuoro, the bay of Marina Piccola and Monte Solaro.
