40.747313.90764Casamicciola.In the middle of the northern side of Ischia island, between the towns of Ischia and Lacco Ameno. The name comes from "Casa Nizola" (Nizola's House) a Roman matron who could not walk anymore and who recovered by dipping her legs into the warm water of a stream flowing near her house. The new centre is on the seashore, the most attractive beauties of Casamicciola are on the hills around. On the Sentinella, where the beautiful panoramic view make us understand why the European high society chose Casamicciola as holidays destination, there is the Bourbonic Geophysical Observatory. On the border dividing from the municipality of Ischia, on Monte Rotaro, there are the Bosco del Castiglione (Castle's Wood) on the side facing the sea, and the Bosco della Maddalena (Magdalene's Wood) on the side towards inland. The latter is 45 hectares and occupies the whole Fondo d'Oglio between Monte Rotaro and Monte Cretaio.
40.737913.86046Forio.Biggest city on the island, lying on the west coast, with a handful of interesting sites.
伊斯基亚:岛上最大的城市(游客常感困惑的名称)。它有两个中心
40.743213.93857Ischia Porto.The commercial centre of the island, named after the main port.
40.732213.95888Ischia Ponte."Ponte" means "bridge" in Italian. It is named for the area surrounding and including the footbridge that was constructed to connect the Castello Aragonese with the island.
40.715513.895410Serrara-Fontana.A commune that is home to the highest point on the island, Mount Epomeo, as well as the popular holiday port village of Sant' Angelo and the mountain villages of Serrara and Fontana. Walks through Ischia's gardens and parks and beach-hopping around the island are possible from here. Beverages and food can be obtained, e.g. near the Fontana bus stop/main piazza.
While traveling around Sant’Angelo there are several footpaths that can take you up the hilltops. One of these is a footpath that goes to the thermal springs of Cavascura and Olmitello. To get there, take a taxi boat from the square of Sant’Angelo to the Fumarole beach. Here, with the beach behind you, take the footpath from the right side of the beach which is flanked by oleander trees. The first stretch is steep, with a few houses on both sides, then it levels out and there are Mediterranean bushes and a variety of plants such as figs, capers, prickly pears, etc. On the right, there is a view of the Maronti beach. Passing under a natural arch, turn right to reach the beach. Here is the entrance to Cavascura. There are all types of typical restaurants and at the back of the canyon are the antique thermal springs of Cavascura. Going back, climbing the steps through the vine yards, you will arrive at the antique establishment of Cava Olmitello, which sadly to say is in disuse. Here, as you make your way through the bushes, with only the croaking of frogs, you can imagine yourself traveling back in time when the world was a much simpler place.
公共巴士服务连接岛上的各个城市中心,班次频繁,大部分终点站在40.742913.9388915bus station of Ischia Porto close to the harbour. The bus stops along the routes are every few hundred meters.
40.7543913.8697216Museo Luchino Visconti(Villa La Colombaia).The villa, which is surrounded by a superb park, was the residence of the movie director Luchino Visconti. It is now the seat of a cultural institution dedicated to Visconti, which is involved in promoting cultural activities such as music, cinema, theatre, art exhibitions, work-shops, and cinema reviews. There is a museum dedicated to Luchino Visconti as well. The villa and the park are accessible to public visits.
40.752613.872817Giardini la Mortella(La Mortella Gardens)(San Francesco).La Mortella Gardens - Forio d'Ischia This park is at Forio d’Ischia and used to be the property of the English composer William Walton, who lived in the Villa next door with his Argentinian wife, Susanna. The composer, arrived on the island in 1946, planting wonderful tropical and Mediterranean plants, some of which have now reached amazing proportions.
40.7271713.8656818Giardini Ravino(Citara Bay).Botanical Garden with one of the richest collection of cacti and succulents cultivated outdoors in Europe. The garden, along with the mature areas around Villa Ravino, is the result of 50 years of great passion and loving work of Captain Giuseppe d'Ambra, the owner of the Villa. The exotic trees include palms, olive, lemon and orange, surprising scenery and rare and precious botanical specimens. Giardini Ravino is at Forio d’Ischia. A rich collection of cacti and succulents cultivated outdoors, constantly enriched with new species from all over the world and embellished with the extraordinary presents of the Woolemi Pine, the most sensational discovery of the century.
40.737213.8584519Il Torrione.Since at least the 9th century many towers were constructed along Ischia coastline to provide warning and to defend the island from raids by pirates. One of those tower, called “Torrione” still exists. This tower is in Forio, near the harbour. It was built in 1480, and has two floors: the ground floor has no access from outside and was used as for storing weapons and munitions, and a rain-water tank; on the upper floor, there was accommodation for the garrison (about 10 people) led by a “torriere” that had the task of quickly sighting of any enemy ships and sounding the alarm. On the top, there was a terrace provided for four cannons. Historians notice that many similar towers were built in Forio until the 18th century, however although many of them were now used as private residences of noble families. Sixteen similar fortresses have been counted between 1480 and 1700, plus five more towers built in the district of Panza, some with a squared base and others with a circular base. Many of these towers are still standing and are mainly private residences. The “Torrione”, after it had been restored, became a municipal Museum (on the lower floor) while the upper floor was the home of the artist Giovanni Maltese from Forio and is now an art gallery hosting his pictures and sculptures collection.
40.7371113.8544620The Soccorso's Church.This church is devoted to "Santa Maria della neve" (Saint Maria of the snow), and was built on a steep promontory from which it takes its name. As with the "Torrione" tower, it is the symbol of the town of Forio and it is one of the most original architectural structures on the island. The Soccorso was founded as an Augustinian convent in about 1350 but it was suppressed in 1653, with its present form going back to 1864. The church is accessible by 20 steps of piperno, which leads to a small atrium with five crosses of pipernio. This church is world famous not only for its location but also for its singular façade, which is white and adorned by precious 700 majolicas representing saints and scenes of the Passion of Christ. The Soccorso's style is very original, it reassumes some architectures as Greek-Byzantine, Moorish and Mediterranean in harmonic shapes. The inside is very interesting because of the many types of volta. In the left chapel there is a thaumaturgical cross, a sculpture of Catalan inspiration, surely made on the 16th century. Close to this cross there are two marble medals, that were found in a medieval sarcophagus that was found in the castel of the antique cathedral of Ischia. This church retains various artifacts such as a shovel made by Cesare Calise that represents Saint Augustine, and a small basin of pipernio dated from the 9-10th century. On 5 May 2002, during his Pastoral Visit, Pope John Paul II met with many young people in a square adjacent to the church of Our Lady Help of Christians.
40.73111113.96527821Castello Aragonese(The Castle).One of the most striking monuments on the island. It stands on a small island near Ischia Ponte and is reached by crossing a stone bridge. The castle is about 113 meters high and the climb can be made on an old mule track or by using a modern elevator that was installed in the 1970s. The castle was built in 1441 by Alfonso D’Aragona on top of the ruins of an old fort that dated back to 474 BC. This fortified castle was used to protect Ischia’s population from pirate attacks. One of the exhibits in the castle is dedicated to various forms of medieval torture.
40.7276413.9594322Guevara Tower.The tower represents Castello Aragonese, one of the best known symbols of the island. It is called Guevara or Michelangelo’s Tower and is in front of the Castle, and is surrounded by a lawn and facing the Sant’Anna rocks. The tower was rebuilt over the ruins of an earlier ancient fortress: it is likely one of the defence towers built from the 15th century to protect the Castle and the coast against enemy attacks. The tower derives its name from the Dukes of Guevara who were the owners since 1800. Its second name derives from a legend that] Michelangelo, who was a friend of the poet] Vittoria Colonna, stayed in the tower when he was visiting the island. The tower is now used as arts exhibition centre.
40.7524813.8848123Villa Arbusto.The villa was built in 1785 by Don Carlo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri, in the same place where a farm called “dell’arbusto” (“arbusto” means “ shrub”, in this case the reference is to a particular plant growing in the garden surrounding the building) existed. Over the years the villa had many owners, until 1952, when it was purchased by the publisher and movie producer Angelo Rizzoli who sponsored the reconstruction of the ancient thermal bath, the construction of some large hotels and the restoration of Piazza Restituta in Lacco Ameno's main piazza.
40.75913.871924Villa La Colombaia(in Lacco Ameno).The Villa, surrounded by a superb park, was the residence of the movie director Luchino Visconti. It is now the seat of the cultural institution dedicated to Visconti, which is involved in cultural activities promotion such as music, cinema, theatre, art exhibitions, work-shops, cinema reviews. A museum dedicated to Luchino Visconti will be open soon. The villa and the park are accessible for public visits.
Ischia's thermal springs have been renowned since ancient times and have been tested by many Italian and foreign scientists, for their therapeutic features. The thermal waters are used in baths and thermal gardens, and they can found in small springs on some beaches and streams of spouting that feature hot water gushing into the sea as well as steam spouts (fumaroles) with gases gushing from cracks in the soil. Fumaroles can also be observed on the slopes of the Mount Epomeo, particularly on cold days, or are located into small caves, called “stoves”, and idiomatically “sudatori” or “sudaturi” (from the Italian verb meaning “to perspire”) which are used as a kind of sauna in baths and thermal gardens. Springs and spouting steam can be considered as the manifest sign of Ischia's volcanic origins and of the still persisting volcanic activity. The particular features of the subsoil, due to its structure and chemical composition affect the minerals content and the degree of dilution by sea and rain water. According to many scientists, the location and features of the springs are affected by the combination of the above mentioned factors. The most ancient springs are those of Casamicciola, consecrated to the god Apollo, those of Lacco Ameno consecrated to Hercules, those of Citara in Panza consecrated to Venus Citarea, and those of Barano consecrated to Nitrodi Nymps.
在康纳基亚角(Punta Cornacchia)和维科山(Monte Vico)的山麓之间,那里有同名的山峰,坐落着迷人的圣蒙塔诺海滩(Beach of San Montano)和拉克科阿梅诺(Lacco Ameno)。拉克科阿梅诺(Lacco Ameno)以其标志性的火山凝灰岩岩石而闻名,形状像一个蘑菇。
在海的中间,圣安娜岩石(the rocks of Sant’Anna)显露出来,向南走是皮夏扎角(Punta Pisciazza)。构成岛屿南部的一段海岸线很高,岩石嶙峋,由卢梅角(Punta Lume)、帕拉特角(Punta Parate)和圣潘克拉齐奥角(Punta San Pancrazio)的突出海角构成。在这座岛屿的这一侧有马戈石窟(Mago grotto)和其他石窟。从圣潘克拉齐奥角(Punta San Pancrazio)开始,海岸线继续延伸几公里到达格罗索角(Capo Grosso):这段海岸线通常被称为斯卡鲁帕塔(The Scarrupata)。再经过一小段海岸线就是马龙蒂海滩(Maronti beach),在那里可以看到小岛圣安杰洛(Sant'Angelo),那里是环岛游的起点。
Case Vacanza Monti(位于拉克科阿梅诺).这六间公寓非常便宜且由友好的家庭经营。老板 Antonietta 人很好,总是乐于助人。租金合理,附近还有一个海滩(不到 10 米),La Spiaggia Del Fungo(蘑菇海滩)。
La Beccacia Ischia,Via Cava Scialicco,+39 081994510,电子邮件:ristorlabeccaccia@libero.it。家庭经营的酒店,提供美味的传统意大利美食。这家乡村风格的现代酒店坐落在山上,享有海滩的壮丽景色。Ristorante La Beccacia 是一个对儿童安全的场所,也是所有年龄段的人们都欢迎的家。
Pietradonica,Via San Vito 1, Forio d'Ischia,+39 3460870005。1700 年的古老农舍,提供可俯瞰香料花园、柑橘种植园和香蕉树的双人间。房间配有浴室、床单、迷你冰箱、咖啡机和茶壶、供暖和通风,以及 19 世纪的殖民家具。花园凉亭内设有一个公共厨房。
Villa Spadara,Via Calosirto 66, Forio d'Ischia,☏ +39081989584。古老的农舍,在家庭氛围中接待客人,周围鲜花盛开。这里有一个美妙的露台,一个带温泉水的放松游泳池,以及一家提供当地新鲜食材的美味餐厅,这些食材都遵循古老的家庭传统用心烹制。所有房间都配有浴室和阳台,还有一个酒吧和许多绿地供散步和放松。
Ring Hostel,Via Gaetano Morgera n. 72,+39 339 470 2996,传真。+39 081 987942 - 坐落在一座古老的修道院里,冬暖夏凉。旅舍距离福里奥(Forio)镇中心和最近的海滩仅有 5 分钟步行路程。旅舍为所有客人提供免费互联网,并为笔记本电脑提供无线网络。公共休息室配有大屏幕电视和大量可供租借的 DVD、舒适的沙发、公共厨房、乐器和图书交换。最重要的是,还有一个舒适的露台,您可以在那里欣赏日落和结交朋友。旅舍有一个大宿舍间,还有单性别的小房间以及双人间。
Hotel Poggio del Sole,(Forio) Via Baiola 193,☏ +39081 987756,fax: +39081 987942。Poggio del Sole 酒店(阳光山酒店)是一家舒适、迷人、由家庭经营的酒店,坐落在埃波梅奥山(Mount Epomeo)脚下。步行即可到达福里奥(Forio)中心和大海。享有地中海海景、游泳池、日光浴室、内部停车场。
Rotonda Sul Mare Apartments,Via Aiemita 29,☏ +39 081 987546,传真: +39 081 987942。Rotonda Sul Mare 提供带设备齐全厨房和浴室的私人公寓,位置就在海滩上。Rotonda 距离福里奥(伊斯基亚岛的主要城镇之一)市中心仅几分钟步行路程。除了优越的地理位置,Rotonda 还提供免费互联网接入、免费皮划艇和独木舟租赁,以及供您享用的露台。酒店内设有洗衣设施,并提供停车位。夏季,Rotonda 拥有一个建在水上的美丽露台,您可以在那里享受日光浴,然后沿着楼梯直接走进清澈的海水,到达私人海滩进行降温。
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