Region: CAMPANIA
Province code: NA
Zip code: 80077
Phone area code: 081
Distance from: NAPOLI 33 Km / 21ÊMiles
Elevation: 14 mt / 46Êfeet
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Ischia
Getting there:
By train: Naples or Pozzuoli Station, the Roma-Napoli line
By sea: ferry from Naples and Pozzuoli hydrofoil from Naples (Mergellina and Beverello piers)
By air: Naples to Capodichino
By bus: all island towns
Treatment centres
Terme Alexander, Lungomare Vincenzo Telese 3, tel. 993409
Terme Aragona Palace, Via Porto 12, tel. 981401
Terme Bristol, Via Marone 10, tel. 992181-991034
Central Park, Via De Luca 4, tel. 993517-993176
Terme Continental, Via L.Mazzella 74, tel. 991558
Terme Felix, Via De Luca 48, tel. 991201-981238
Terme Hermitage & Park, Via Mazzella 67, tel. 992395
Terme Jolly, Via De Luca 42, tel. 991744
Terme La Villarosa, Via Gigante 13, tel. 991316
Description
Ischia is the main town on the island of Ischia and is situated at the north-east end of the island. It is divided into two, Ischia Ponte and Ischia Porto. The former is the old quarter, a fishing village built round the little island on which the castle stands. It was under the rule of the Greeks, Syracuse, Naples and the Romans, but the oldest surviving buildings date back to the Middle Ages. Ischia Porto is a bathing and thermal resort built in the area of the pine wood on the edge of a submerged crater. The most important treatment centres are the Antiche Terme and the Nuove Terme, with radioactive water containing salt, bromine and iodine.
You can visit the fifteenth century Aragonese bridge which links the island to the mainland. Within the old walls is the fourteenth century cathedral which was rebuilt in the baroque style but is now a semi-ruin, and the former convent of the Poor Clares with the attached eighteenth Church dellÕImmacolata. The Church of San Pietro a Pantaniello and the Church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo are in Ischia Porto, as is the islandÕs little museum, the Garden of Remembrance and the lighthouse.
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