Ischia
Ischia is the largest island in the bay of Naples and is considered by many to be the most beautiful, though Capri is considerably more famous. It is volcanic in origin and still classed as an active volcano, but it has not erupted since 1302.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Retaggio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Dr.Conati, Public domain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sant’Angelo.
Sant’Angelo
Sant’Angelo is an old fishing village on the island of Ischia that has turned into an international tourist resort. No cars are allowed to drive in Sant’Angelo and unlike the other Ischia’s villages it’s still a peaceful oasis.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Epomeo and Giardini Ravino, Tropical Garden.
Mount Epomeo
Peak
Photo: Pastorius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Epomeo is the highest mountain on the volcanic island of Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Epomeo is believed to be a volcanic horst. Reaching a height of 789 metres, it towers above the rest of Ischia.
Giardini Ravino, Tropical Garden
Park
Photo: Kaurana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giardini Ravino is an Italian botanical garden specialized in succulent plants and cacti, located on the island of Ischia, Campania, southern Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forio d’Ischia and Panza.
Forio d’Ischia
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ischia is the largest island in the bay of Naples and is considered by many to be the most beautiful, though Capri is considerably more famous. It is volcanic in origin and still classed as an active volcano, but it has not erupted since 1302. Forio d’Ischia is situated 3½ km west of Ischia.
Panza
Village
Panza is a small town of 7,000 inhabitants on the island of Ischia, Italy. It is a hamlet of the municipality of Forio.
Ischia
- Type: Town with 19,900 residents
- Description: volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea
- Historically known as: “Ischia Island”
- Categories: volcanic island and locality
- Location: Barano d’Ischia, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.73° or 40° 43′ 48″ northLongitude
13.9° or 13° 54′ eastPopulation
19,900Elevation
478 metres (1,568 feet)Open location code
8FGMPWH2+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 68580823OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3175455Wikidata ID
Q189387
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ischia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ischia”
- Arabic: “إسكيا”
- Armenian: “Իսկիա”
- Armenian: “Իսկյա”
- Azerbaijani: “İskya”
- Bashkir: “Искья”
- Basque: “Ischia”
- Belarusian: “Гран’яна”
- Breton: “Enez Ischia”
- Bulgarian: “Иския”
- Catalan: “Aenaria”
- Catalan: “Ischia”
- Cebuano: “Isola d’Ischia”
- Chinese: “伊斯基亚岛”
- Chinese: “伊斯基亞島”
- Czech: “Aenearia”
- Czech: “Ischia”
- Czech: “Phitakusae”
- Danish: “Ischia”
- Dutch: “Ischia”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Ischia”
- Esperanto: “Iskio”
- Estonian: “Ischia saar”
- Estonian: “Ischia”
- Finnish: “Ischia”
- Finnish: “Pithekoussai”
- French: “Île d’Ischia”
- French: “Ischia”
- French: “Pithécuse”
- French: “Pithécusses”
- French: “Pithekoussai”
- French: “Pithékoussai”
- French: “Pithikoussai”
- Galician: “Ischia”
- Galician: “Isquia”
- German: “Ischia”
- Greek: “Ίσκια”
- Hebrew: “איסכיה”
- Hebrew: “איסקיה”
- Hebrew: “אנאריה”
- Hungarian: “Ischia”
- Icelandic: “Ischia”
- Indonesian: “Ischia”
- Interlingue: “Ischia”
- Italian: “Ischia”
- Italian: “isola d’Ischia”
- Italian: “Isola d’Ischia”
- Italian: “isola di Ischia”
- Japanese: “イスキア島”
- Japanese: “ピテクサイ”
- Kazakh: “Ïskʹya”
- Kazakh: “Искья”
- Kazakh: “ىيسكيا”
- Korean: “이스키아섬”
- Latin: “Aenaria”
- Latin: “Iscla”
- Latin: “Pithecusae”
- Latin: “Pithekusae”
- Lithuanian: “Iskija”
- Macedonian: “Искја”
- Neapolitan: “Isula ‘e Ischia”
- Neapolitan: “Isula ’e Ischia”
- Neapolitan: “Isula e Ischia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ischia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ischia”
- Norwegian: “Ischia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iscla (illa)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iscla”
- Ossetian: “Искья”
- Persian: “ایسکیا”
- Polish: “Ischia”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Ischia”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Ísquia”
- Portuguese: “Ischia”
- Portuguese: “Ísquia”
- Romanian: “Insula Ischia”
- Russian: “Иския”
- Russian: “Искья”
- Scots: “Ischia”
- Serbian: “Ischia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ischia”
- Sicilian: “Ischia”
- Slovak: “Ischia”
- Slovenian: “Ischia”
- Slovenian: “Iskija”
- Slovenian: “Иския”
- Spanish: “Ischia”
- Spanish: “Isla de Ischia”
- Spanish: “Isquia”
- Swedish: “Ischia”
- Tagalog: “Ischia”
- Turkish: “Ischia Adası”
- Turkish: “Ischia”
- Turkish: “isola d‘ Ischia”
- Ukrainian: “Іскія”
- Urdu: “اسکیا”
- Urdu: “ایسکیا”
- Welsh: “Ischia”
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