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Napoli in Campania

Serrara Fontana

Province of Napoli, Region Campania, Italy

The smallest town on the Ischia Island (the bigger centers being Ischia, Casamicciola Terme, Lacco Ameno, Forio and Barano d'Ischia) unites in its name the two former municipalities of Serrara and Fontana

INFO: * Population: ca. 3000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 80070 -- Phone Area Code: 081 -- patron Saint: San Vincenzo Ferreri
Frazioni & Località: Fontana, Sant'Angelo, Succhivo, Ciglio, Calimera, Noia

WHAT TO SEE
  • Sant'Angelo, an old fishing village, which has an extremely picturesque port; today an international tourist resort, mostly only pedestrian area, full of trees and plants of any kind, with the wonderful view of the quaint small coloured houses joined side by side, perched on the small hill overlooking the harbor and the its clear, dark-blue waters. Inside the historical center, the typical Ischitan Piazzetta with exclusive boutiques, jewellers' shops, ateliers, craftmanlike goods, expecially local pottery, allow the visitors a unique experience.
  • The Cavascura valley where a powerfull thermal spring that spout out at 90 degrees centigrade, feeding thermal baths hollows in the stone
  • Mount Epomeo, a traditional excursion to do by night, in order to wait for the wonderful sights of dawn on the Gulf from high.
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