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What has the Aragonese Castle in common with the villa near Punta Caruso or the Citara beach with the farmhouse overlooking the promontory of San Pancrazio or the village of Sant’Angelo with the summit of Monte Epomeo? Ischia, like its wonders, is not limited and to tell it you can use hundreds of ways. Through the mountain trails climbing over the summit or with the feet in the granular sand of its beaches or overlook the Zaro viewpoint, looking at land, sea and sky blend into an ideal horizon whose line is intertwined with the Church of Soccorso.

The Nitrodi Ninfe Park in Ischia is one of the oldest spa in history

“Salus per aquam et herbas”, this inscription engraved on a metal plate by artist Paolo May, welcomes the customers of the oldest spa in our Mediterranean territory, located in a hamlet of the municipality of Barano d’Ischia, Buonopane, the source of Nitrodi Nymphs. Today it is a place where body care is accompanied by the spirit thanks to the introspection of two young Ischiansb Giuseppe Di Meglio and Luciano Iacono who have seen in the presence of healthy waters for the body an opportunity to develop around the spring a true wellness center. The ISCHIA SPAEH Srl - Source Management of Nitrodi Ninfe contains in the acronym SPAEH “Salus per aquam et herbas” the mission that the society of the young Ischian people has given since 2013, that is to transform, this place, already famous for its healing properties of its waters in a true oasis of well-being and relaxation.

Return to the castle wine

Set in the ancient village of Celsa, the Aragonese Castle. Ancient stronghold dating from the time of Geron, in 476 BC. What that seems to be a fascinating two-dimensional postcard from a distance hides a small world full of art and lively life. The narrow tunnels, the stairs climbing over the towers, the ancient walls, still today are able to evoke the charm and the magic of this ancient noble residence.

The enchantment of the hamlet of S. Angelo

“Every morning when I look at Sant’Angelo I always get the same joyful emotion: this place really exists I did not dream it. Tomorrow will be ten days I’m here and I have the feeling they will have a decisive importance for my whole future life”. These are the words of Eduard Bargher, who along with Werner Gilles, two of the “degenerate artists” banned from Nazism, in his long travelling to the south of Europe in search of a place to live and that light of the Mediterranean Sea that only In Ischia he said he had found, wrote about Sant’Angelo.
A small hamlet that over the course of time enchanted and continues to enchant those who are fortunate to visit it, even for a very short time. In this beautiful village, hamlet of the Municipality of Serrara Fontana, on all stands out an islet also called “Torre di S.Angelo”.

Visiting wineries 2017

The smiling face of Anna Falchi, testimonial of a special edition. A renewed formula to celebrate the decade without naturally forgetting the philosophy of an event that exalts the bond between wine and territory, island and identity, myths and rituals.
From September 10 to 20, returns “Visiting wineries” organized by the Pro Loco Panza with the aim of leading tourists and islanders through the most truly beautiful corners of the island. Cellars and vineyards will tell in the wake of a lucky scenario that last year involved over two thousand visitors, the soul of a territory that since time immemorial has shown that it is able to celebrate the art of vintage. Also witnessed by the archaeological finds of the Greek age, first the famous Nestor Cup, on which a true hymn is written on wine.

Santa Maria al Monte, the simple beauty of a special day!

On September 12, feast of the name of Mary, the Church of Santa Maria al Monte in Forio at 400 mt. of height above sea level, it “lights up” and welcomes pilgrims from all over the island. Dug in part into the tuff, this “stone church” can be considered a distinctive example of rock architecture.
In his monograph, D’Ascia (1867) reports the news that the church was erected in 1596 by Sebastiano Sportiello to execute a homicide.

The Cactus Cocktail, a succulent concentrate

Every corner of Ischia is lovely, but some places are endowed with a charm, definitely, out of the ordinary. In Forio, for example, in the place of magic sunsets set Giardini Ravino, a botanical park with a thousand of exotic shades. Spread over six thousand square meters of soil, the over 400 species of succulent plants from all over the world adorn this beautiful garden of shapes and dimensions so spectacular to seem almost unreal.

Ischia Safari, the festival of the good Italian cuisine

ISCHIA SAFARI, is the great festival that Nino Di Costanzo and Pasquale Palamaro have imagined and wanted as a tribute to the best Italian cuisine tradition.

On Monday September 18 at 19.30 at the Negombo Thermal Park in Lacco Ameno will begin the kermesse of the good taste that doubled the number of protagonists, from 50 to 100. A true army of pleasure joining the great chefs passion emerging young people, Chef Pâtissier and capable Neapolitan pizza interpreters, quality craftsmen, ice cream makers and vineyards among the best known in the world.

The Villa Dohrn and the Benthos Ecology of Ischia center (Anton Dohrn Zoological Station in Naples)

At the beginning of the last century, Prussian naturalist Anton Dohrn, founder of the Zoological Station in Naples in 1872, regular visitor of the island of Ischia, decided to build a house on the hill of San Pietro. The construction work took place between 1905 and 1906. In addition to family vacation home, the Villa dell’acquario (so it was known locally) was acted as a hostel for guest and scientists friends.

XV Ischia Global Fest dedicated to Pavarotti

To Luciano Pavarotti will be dedicated the 15th edition of Ischia Global Film & Music fest, which will be held from July 8 to 16, in the year of the decade of the disappearance of the legendary tenor. Tony Renis is the honorary president of the International Art Academy Ischia organizing the most anticipated event of the summer with great movie premieres, meetings and concerts. He announces: “we are preparing a great tribute on July 12 with the special screening of ‘Yes Giorgio’ the movie music by Franklin J. Schaffner where appears Pavarotti as actor, and a special section of the festival we will call ‘Pavarotti al cinema’ with pictures of his performances and the many contributions he has made to film and television productions.