Food Scene
Based in the heart of Ischia Ponte, Aglio, Olio e Pomodoro specialise in pizzas, while the menu also includes pasta and seafood dishes. They also offer a choice of set-menus priced at €19 or €25 including dessert wine.
The restaurant is positioned in the middle of Ischia Ponte, on the busy street that leads up to Castello Aragonese. The main clientèle are tourists and the staff are well-versed in meeting the needs of the varying nationalities. You have the choice of dining either inside or out and the atmosphere is very relaxed.
Be aware that this restaurant accepts cash only.
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Ristorante Pizzeria Aglio olio & Pomodoro
84 Via Luigi MazzellaBased in the heart of Ischia Ponte, Aglio, Olio e Pomodoro specialise in pizzas, while the menu also includes pasta and seafood dishes. They also offer a choice of set-menus priced at €19 or €25 including dessert wine.
The restaurant is positioned in the middle of Ischia Ponte, on the busy street that leads up to Castello Aragonese. The main clientèle are tourists and the staff are well-versed in meeting the needs of the varying nationalities. You have the choice of dining either inside or out and the atmosphere is very relaxed.
Be aware that this restaurant accepts cash only.
The Pizza chefs at work on the wood-fired ovens welcome you at La Tinaia. The rooms, porch and inner courtyard, particularly enjoyable in summer, form an ancient ‘700 forian building. The restaurant, in the city centre of Forio, is one of the historical and traditional gastronomic delights of Ischia, offering simple but tasty delicacies every day from 11am to 1am. The Mandl family focuses its entire dedication to it. The typical blackboards display the daily specials, based on fresh ingredients and fish, while the bar outdoors offers aperitifs, ice-creams, crepes and other delicacies.
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LA TINAIA
59 Corso Matteo VerdeThe Pizza chefs at work on the wood-fired ovens welcome you at La Tinaia. The rooms, porch and inner courtyard, particularly enjoyable in summer, form an ancient ‘700 forian building. The restaurant, in the city centre of Forio, is one of the historical and traditional gastronomic delights of Ischia, offering simple but tasty delicacies every day from 11am to 1am. The Mandl family focuses its entire dedication to it. The typical blackboards display the daily specials, based on fresh ingredients and fish, while the bar outdoors offers aperitifs, ice-creams, crepes and other delicacies.
Ristorante Cocò Mare offers both the chance to relax in a private beach by the sea as well as an elegant restaurant where you can enjoy some fabulous views across to Castello Aragonese in Ischia Ponte.
There are several areas to this establishment including a welcome pier where you will arrive if you take the water taxi across from La Mandra Beach. You're then faced with what almost appears to be an amphitheatre populated with sun loungers and parasols before reaching the main dining area and the top of some steps through an attractive garden.
The menu varies depending on the season but the specialities are fish and seafood pasta dishes.
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Cocò Mare
58 Via Nuova CartaromanaRistorante Cocò Mare offers both the chance to relax in a private beach by the sea as well as an elegant restaurant where you can enjoy some fabulous views across to Castello Aragonese in Ischia Ponte.
There are several areas to this establishment including a welcome pier where you will arrive if you take the water taxi across from La Mandra Beach. You're then faced with what almost appears to be an amphitheatre populated with sun loungers and parasols before reaching the main dining area and the top of some steps through an attractive garden.
The menu varies depending on the season but the specialities are fish and seafood pasta dishes.
Il Bracconiere typifies the kind of restaurant that you'll find in the area of Serrara Fontana. The cuisine is traditional and cooked with great care and attention while the views from the slopes of Mount Epomeo are spectacular from one of the highest points on the island. Service is excellent and attentive while the atmosphere is lively with the restaurant usually very busy.
The main specialities on the menu include traditional Ischian cuisine including rabbit and a good range of appetizers.
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Ristorante Bracconiere
42 Via FalangaIl Bracconiere typifies the kind of restaurant that you'll find in the area of Serrara Fontana. The cuisine is traditional and cooked with great care and attention while the views from the slopes of Mount Epomeo are spectacular from one of the highest points on the island. Service is excellent and attentive while the atmosphere is lively with the restaurant usually very busy.
The main specialities on the menu include traditional Ischian cuisine including rabbit and a good range of appetizers.
In one of the most picturesque streets of Sant'Angelo, a few steps from the Piazzetta, the Pizzeria Pasquale is over 30 years old and one of the points of reference for the pizza to Ischia. The restaurant, run by the Iacono family, is not very big (max 50 seats) and has air conditioning. The pizzas are baked in the oven carefully. Among the most delicious, why not try the ones with the cherry tomatoes and fresh buffalo mozzarella, zucchini flowers to one, or all vegetables and then is stuffed with ham and ricotta cheese with vegetables. Excellent is the eggplant parmigiana and homemade desserts.
Requesting it in advance you can taste the Ischian rabbit .
Pizzeria Da PASQUALE
79 Via Sant'AngeloIn one of the most picturesque streets of Sant'Angelo, a few steps from the Piazzetta, the Pizzeria Pasquale is over 30 years old and one of the points of reference for the pizza to Ischia. The restaurant, run by the Iacono family, is not very big (max 50 seats) and has air conditioning. The pizzas are baked in the oven carefully. Among the most delicious, why not try the ones with the cherry tomatoes and fresh buffalo mozzarella, zucchini flowers to one, or all vegetables and then is stuffed with ham and ricotta cheese with vegetables. Excellent is the eggplant parmigiana and homemade desserts.
Requesting it in advance you can taste the Ischian rabbit .
Bar Calise is the most famous of all of Ischia's bars and cafes. It's situated on the corner of Piazza degli Eroi in Ischia Porto and draws both locals and tourists alike from all over the island. It has a grandiose garden area with seats kept away from the sun by the large amount of plants and waiters smartly dressed in their white uniforms that provide table service.
There's also a large seating area indoors and a huge array of cakes and desserts on display. You can also choose to just stand at the bar which works out considerably cheaper.
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Bar Calise
69 Via Antonio SogliuzzoBar Calise is the most famous of all of Ischia's bars and cafes. It's situated on the corner of Piazza degli Eroi in Ischia Porto and draws both locals and tourists alike from all over the island. It has a grandiose garden area with seats kept away from the sun by the large amount of plants and waiters smartly dressed in their white uniforms that provide table service.
There's also a large seating area indoors and a huge array of cakes and desserts on display. You can also choose to just stand at the bar which works out considerably cheaper.
Eden is a complex that combines gardens, a hotel and a restaurant near the Cartoromana Beach in Ischia Ponte.
The gardens offer a choice of 4 separate pools, including two pools with hydromassage facilties. You can also enjoy a range of heliotherapy treatments with the beds that are situated around the main reef.
With access to the Cartaromana beach, it's also possible to spend time snorkelling around the famous Rocks of Sant'Anna.
The whole complex is situated in beautiful gardens with lush vegetation and tropical plants, and you can spend hours sunbathing or enjoying a refreshing drink at the bars, one of which is in a pool.
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Giardino Eden
62 Via Nuova CartaromanaEden is a complex that combines gardens, a hotel and a restaurant near the Cartoromana Beach in Ischia Ponte.
The gardens offer a choice of 4 separate pools, including two pools with hydromassage facilties. You can also enjoy a range of heliotherapy treatments with the beds that are situated around the main reef.
With access to the Cartaromana beach, it's also possible to spend time snorkelling around the famous Rocks of Sant'Anna.
The whole complex is situated in beautiful gardens with lush vegetation and tropical plants, and you can spend hours sunbathing or enjoying a refreshing drink at the bars, one of which is in a pool.
Parks & Nature
La Mortella Gardens is one of the jewels of Ischia and is not to be missed by any visitor to the island. The lush tropical paradise is awash with fascinating plants, flowers, wildlife and colorful birds as well as the added interest of visiting the former home of this convivial and charismatic couple who lived their glamorous lives devoted to their individual arts of music and gardening.
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I-Giardini La Mortella
45 Via Francesco Calise Operaio ForianoLa Mortella Gardens is one of the jewels of Ischia and is not to be missed by any visitor to the island. The lush tropical paradise is awash with fascinating plants, flowers, wildlife and colorful birds as well as the added interest of visiting the former home of this convivial and charismatic couple who lived their glamorous lives devoted to their individual arts of music and gardening.
Mount Epomeo is the highest mountain in Ischia and can be seen from most points on the Island. Standing 789 metres (2,589 ft), it towers above the rest of Ischia and is covered in lush greenery, with a few vineyards also occupying its slopes. Approximately 75 metres (246 ft) from the peak the mountain is covered in white lava.The entry point in Fontana is perhaps the best place from which to start your ascent of Epomeo, but be warned you must be reasonably fit to make it to the top.
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Monte Epomeo station
90 via monte EpomeoMount Epomeo is the highest mountain in Ischia and can be seen from most points on the Island. Standing 789 metres (2,589 ft), it towers above the rest of Ischia and is covered in lush greenery, with a few vineyards also occupying its slopes. Approximately 75 metres (246 ft) from the peak the mountain is covered in white lava.The entry point in Fontana is perhaps the best place from which to start your ascent of Epomeo, but be warned you must be reasonably fit to make it to the top.
Poseidon is a thermal park that takes advantage of Ischia's natural hot springs where visitors are able to use 22 different swimming and bathing pools, each with their own different temperatures. With Ischia's volcanic activity bubbling away under the surface of the island, the thermal water used at Poseidon naturally flows into the complex at very high temperatures. In order to achieve the required temperature at each pool, the water is cooled and systematically diverted to the different areas with temperatures ranging from 15 to 40° Celcius.
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Giardini Poseidon Terme
338 Via Giovanni MazzellaPoseidon is a thermal park that takes advantage of Ischia's natural hot springs where visitors are able to use 22 different swimming and bathing pools, each with their own different temperatures. With Ischia's volcanic activity bubbling away under the surface of the island, the thermal water used at Poseidon naturally flows into the complex at very high temperatures. In order to achieve the required temperature at each pool, the water is cooled and systematically diverted to the different areas with temperatures ranging from 15 to 40° Celcius.
Negombo Thermal Gardens is a thermal water park situated in the beautiful corner of Ischia known as San Montano Bay in Lacco Ameno.There are twelve different types of swimming pools and baths to choose from, each heated to a different temperature. The temperatures of the main pools range from 24° to 36° Celcius but you will also find the Japanese Labyrinth Bath where you walk through two channels, one of 18° and one of 38° Celcius, one after the other in order to improve circulation.The site can also boast a 33 metre sea-water pool which overlooks the impressive San Montano beach. The private area of the beach is also open to guests at Negombo with sunbeds and umbrellas available.
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Negombo
Via San MontanoNegombo Thermal Gardens is a thermal water park situated in the beautiful corner of Ischia known as San Montano Bay in Lacco Ameno.There are twelve different types of swimming pools and baths to choose from, each heated to a different temperature. The temperatures of the main pools range from 24° to 36° Celcius but you will also find the Japanese Labyrinth Bath where you walk through two channels, one of 18° and one of 38° Celcius, one after the other in order to improve circulation.The site can also boast a 33 metre sea-water pool which overlooks the impressive San Montano beach. The private area of the beach is also open to guests at Negombo with sunbeds and umbrellas available.
Sightseeing
Castello Aragonese is a medieval castle located in Ischia Ponte and is perhaps the most iconic and intriguing of all Ischia's sights. It dates back nearly 2,500 years when the original fortress was built by Hiero I, a tyrant from the Sicilian region of Syracusa. Any trip to Ischia would be incomplete without paying a visit to Ischia Ponte where you can cross the bridge from the main square and visit the incredible citadel inside. As well as the castle grounds there is also a Torture Museum which lays testament to the chequered past of this historic venue and offers some truly gruesome examples of implements that were used to extract confessions from prisoners.
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I-Castello Aragonese
3 Via PontileCastello Aragonese is a medieval castle located in Ischia Ponte and is perhaps the most iconic and intriguing of all Ischia's sights. It dates back nearly 2,500 years when the original fortress was built by Hiero I, a tyrant from the Sicilian region of Syracusa. Any trip to Ischia would be incomplete without paying a visit to Ischia Ponte where you can cross the bridge from the main square and visit the incredible citadel inside. As well as the castle grounds there is also a Torture Museum which lays testament to the chequered past of this historic venue and offers some truly gruesome examples of implements that were used to extract confessions from prisoners.
Villa Arbusto museum sits proudly in a hilly area with glorious views overlooking the town of Lacco Ameno.
Outside the main museum buildings is a huge garden filled with orange trees and tropical plants, set within white, pillared walls that give the garden a palatial feel which is matched by the vistas of Lacco Ameno and the sea beyond. Signs to each part of the museum are made out of beautiful, locally-made ceramics which were also used to create a pair of pretty and unusual benches, one of which can be seen in the photo gallery above.
The museum provides a fascinating journey through world and Ischian history with its fascinating artefacts, and well-written descriptions in English and It
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Archaeological Museum of Pithecusae
210 Corso Angelo RizzoliVilla Arbusto museum sits proudly in a hilly area with glorious views overlooking the town of Lacco Ameno.
Outside the main museum buildings is a huge garden filled with orange trees and tropical plants, set within white, pillared walls that give the garden a palatial feel which is matched by the vistas of Lacco Ameno and the sea beyond. Signs to each part of the museum are made out of beautiful, locally-made ceramics which were also used to create a pair of pretty and unusual benches, one of which can be seen in the photo gallery above.
The museum provides a fascinating journey through world and Ischian history with its fascinating artefacts, and well-written descriptions in English and It
In a small wooded area of Forio known as Zaro, stands La Colombaia, the former summer residence of the Italian film director, Luchino Visconti.
Visconti died in 1976, and in 2001, on the 25th anniversary of his death, it was decided that the house should become a museum devoted to his art, with costumes, furniture and photos showing his work and showcasing his time spent at the villa.
The villa itself is a tribute to Visconti with its striking architecture and panoramic position overlooking the sea and surrounded by a beautiful forest where it's possible to spend the day exploring some of the island's beauty spots.
La Colombaia
95 Via MarontiIn a small wooded area of Forio known as Zaro, stands La Colombaia, the former summer residence of the Italian film director, Luchino Visconti.
Visconti died in 1976, and in 2001, on the 25th anniversary of his death, it was decided that the house should become a museum devoted to his art, with costumes, furniture and photos showing his work and showcasing his time spent at the villa.
The villa itself is a tribute to Visconti with its striking architecture and panoramic position overlooking the sea and surrounded by a beautiful forest where it's possible to spend the day exploring some of the island's beauty spots.
I-Chiesa del Soccorso
Via del Soccorso