The largest island in the Gulf of Naples is a gentle volcano that has given warm water for twenty-eight centuries: the Greek settlers of Pithecusa — the West's oldest Greek settlement — already knew its springs, and today the thermal parks stepping down to the sea remain the reason all Europe winters and summers here. The Aragonese Castle, on an islet joined by a bridge, is the symbol everyone photographs.
Sant'Angelo, the pedestrian village in the south, is its sweetest postcard; Mount Epomeo repays the climb with the entire gulf. The novelistic pair of "My Brilliant Friend" renewed the myth: Ischia never goes out of fashion.
Castello aragonese · cattedrale di Ischia · chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie and 2 more
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Next up: Saint John Joseph of the Cross, Sunday 5 September
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 34 km away
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📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the memorial on 5 March
Ischia's patron was born on the island, and locals call him the fairest flower of Aenaria. His memorial falls on 5 March, but the patronal feast is another date: the first Sunday of September.
Castello aragonese An ancient fortress on a volcanic islet connected to Ischia, shaped by Greek origins and Aragonese walls. 
cattedrale di Ischia The Baroque cathedral of Ischia Ponte, rebuilt in the 18th century with artworks saved from the Aragonese Cast 
chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie Baroque church in Ischia Porto founded in 1225, rebuilt after the 1301 eruption and home to revered sacred rel 
chiesa di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 17th-century church in Ischia Ponte featuring polychrome marble altars and artworks attributed to Giacinto Dia 
Mudis - Museo Diocesano di Ischia Ischia's diocesan museum in Ischia Ponte, displaying sacred art and artifacts from the Early Christian era onw Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Outside Ischia, but an easy day trip away.
