Natural Arch (Arco Naturale)

Where does the trail to the Arco Naturale start? The trail starts from Capri's town center, following Via Matermania uphill. After about 20 minutes, you'll reach the impressive Arco Naturale, a limestone arch overlooking the sea. The path is clearly marked and surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation.

The softer rock stratum erodes away creating rock shelters, or alcoves, on opposite sides of the formation beneath the relatively harder stratum, or caprock, above it. The alcoves erode further into the formation eventually meeting underneath the harder caprock layer, thus creating an arch.