| An around trip of the island of Ischia by boat is of great interess and it permits you to see the coast-line that otherwise is not visibile. This excursion gives you the opportunity to see the general conformation of the island, its tortured orography which was determinated by the volcanic eruptions and by the lava which was expelled. You have the opportunità to see and appreciate the beauty of the coast-line and the splendid transparent sea with its beautiful colours. |
| When leaving the port of Sant’Angelo, sailing westwards you can see the Elephants , |
| Grotto then in front of you there is a deep inlet in parts low and sandy and in others high and rocky which |
| continue until you reach Punto Chiarito,passing the beaches of Cava Ruffano, Cava Grado and the Green Grotto.At Punto Chiarito there is |
| the bay of Sorgeto with its hot water.Then the coast-line becomes very high, deeply articulated, there are rockfaces, precipices, recesses and promontories: Capo Negro, Punta Pilaro, Chianare Spadaia with its rocks like the Boat Rock, until you reach Capo Imperatore where there is the lighthouse.At first the coast-line is high and steep, then it drops and there is the long and |
| winding beach of Citara. Then it rises softly towards Punta Soccorso and Forio.Passing the promontori the coast-line is low and sandy opening onto the beach or San Francesco, which laps the offshoots of Monte Caruso.Here the coast-line is high bare rockfaced, jutting out, curving inwards before arriving at Punta Caruso and Punta Cornacchia. Between Punta Cornacchia and the offshoots of Monte Vico, with its point of the same name, there is the delightful beach of San Montana, Lacco Ameno. Lacco Ameno is noted for its characteristical rock of tufa, shaped like a mushroom. Along the coast there are the houses of Casamicciola Terme. |
| A little farther along there is Punta Scrofa with the Inglesi beach, then the bay of Ischia Porto. Sailing past Punto Molino formed from the lava flow of the Arso, there is the Pescatori beach, from here you can admire the island with its castle and the Aragonese bridge. After the bridge there is an inlet here is the Cartaromana beach. In the middle of the sea the rocks of Sant’Anna emerge, and going southwards is Punta Pisciazza. The section of the coast that concludes the southern side of the island is high, rocky and marked by the promontori jutting out of Punta Lume, Punta Parate and Punta San Pancrazio. On this side of the coast there is the Mago grotto and other grottos. From Punta San Pancrazio the coast-line continues high for a few kilometers until Capo Grosso: This stretch of coast-line is commonly known as The Scarrupata. After another small stretch of coast-line there is the beach of Maronti, where the |
| small island of Sant’Angelo can be seen, which was the starting point of the round trip of the island. |
