More to visit on the island of Ischia

In front of the southern coast of the island of Ischia, in the territory of Serrara Fontana, rises from the sea the islet that geologists define as the "lava dome". For over a thousand years its name has been Sant'Angelo.

It is the symbol of the "Turrita" and also the architectural element that stands out among all in the panorama of the centre of Forio, from whatever point of view you look at it.

Within the walls built by the Aragonese that made it impregnable over the centuries, the Castle contains the synthesis of Ischia's history from the Middle Ages to 1809, when it was abandoned by the population and turned into a prison by the Bourbons.

In the bay of Cartaromana, in front of the Aragonese Castle, the submerged prairie of Posidonia guarded the Roman city of Aenaria for nineteen centuries, swallowed up by the sea due to a volcanic event in the first century AD.

In the rooms of the eighteenth-century Villa Arbusto, on the hill behind the center of Lacco Ameno, the Museum traces all the phases of the ancient history of Ischia, the first settlement of Magna Graecia.

award-winning casket of perfect harmony between the Mediterranean flora and the hundreds of species of plants of the most varied origins, in particular from tropical areas.

In the heart of the village of Ischia Ponte, formerly Borgo di Mare in the Middle Ages, the rooms of the eighteenth-century Palazzo dell'Orologio tell in all its complexity and multiformity the deep bond that has linked the people of the island to its sea in...

Any time in any season offers suggestions from Punta del Soccorso, but the sunset that can be observed from there is considered the most surprising on the island.

Originally, on the side of the green hill overlooking the bay of Sant'Angelo, stood the small church of Santa Maria a Terra.

An ancient vineyard facing west, in front of the sunset wonderland of Forio.