Rome – A Swedish couple, looking for the pristine waters of the popular island of Capri, ended some 660km away, in the northern industrial town of Carpi, after misspelling the destination on their car’s GPS.
Angelo Giovannini, spokesman for the town’s famous Renaissance town hall – a castle built in 1319 for the Pio family, lords of Carpi – said on Tuesday the couple drove into the main square last week and asked the local tourist office how to reach Capri’s famed Blue Grotto sea cave.
Giovannini said: “We thought they might mean a restaurant.
“Capri is an island, they did not even wonder why they didn’t cross any bridge or take any boat.”
He said the couple, who were not identified, arrived from Venice and later set off to their planned destination at the other end of the Italian peninsula. – Sapa-AP