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A fashionable resort in Italy, a large city located on the shores of a picturesque bay, with a well-preserved ancient city center and excellent conditions for a full-fledged beach holiday.

It has long attracted creative bohemia and other celebrities. It is interesting, for example, that the famous director Luciano Visconti captured the ancient villa of Colombaia in his films.

The architecture and nature of the resort is beautiful: here you can see beautiful Mediterranean-style houses with pretty turrets and domes, take a walk in the shade of fragrant gardens. In addition, the resort is famous for its thermal springs.

Another interesting fact: the Forio resort is located near the Epomeo volcano, whose height is about 800 meters. This volcano is extinct, so tourists have nothing to fear. But the scenery here is simply breathtaking!

The tourist infrastructure of the Forio resort is well developed: there are many cafes and bars, restaurants. The nightlife of the resort is in full swing: here you can always have a great rest and dance to high-quality music!

The resort is designed for wealthy tourists.

Video from Forio

The sights of Forio are, first of all, its magnificent architectural objects, beautiful villas. We recommend that tourists pay attention to such sights of Forio as Villa Colombaia, famous for Visconti, as well as beautiful (each in its own way!) residential buildings of the resort, built in a traditional Mediterranean style. Interesting...

Tours and activities in Forio

These are trips to unique interesting sights, namely: a visit to the Aragonese castle, which is a symbol of Ischia, an excursion to the botanical garden, a visit to the historical museum located in Lacco Ameno.

Also of interest are such excursions from Forio as trips to Naples and Pompeii, a boat trip to the island of Capri, an excursion from Forio to Sorrento, visiting the small but pretty resorts of Amalfi and Positano.

It should be noted that shopping tourists will be interested in visiting Cis Nola - this is a huge shopping center where you can buy quality items with decent links.

History of Forio

The history of Forio began in ancient times: it is known that there were Greeks and Romans who loved to relax here. You can learn the history of Forio by walking through the historical center of the resort, visiting the ancient towers. For example, pay attention to the Torrione Tower, built in the 15th century (today...

Climate in Forio

Mild Mediterranean subtropical. Holidays in Forio are pleasant throughout the year, but the most pleasant time to travel to Forio is from April to October. Summers in Forio are dry and hot, while winters are not cold at all.

Things to do in Forio

These are, of course, water sports: snorkeling and diving, riding a catamaran, yacht, boat. On the sandy beaches of Forio, it is nice to play beach volleyball or just soak up the rays of the gentle sun.

You can rent a motor scooter or bike and go on a tour of Forio.

Forio hotels have luxurious pools and spa rooms.

In the evenings in Forio you can go for a walk in bars or clubs - fortunately, there is no shortage of them here!

Transport features of Forio

Forio is a port city, so the most popular form of transport here is water.

Note that it is best to move around the historical center of Forio on foot - so you can carefully consider all the sights of Forio.

If desired, you can use the services of a taxi.

Forio is located in the western part of Ischia and spreads over almost the entire part of this part from Lacco Ameno to the village of Ponza. The area of ​​​​Forio is 12 km 2, which is quite good for an island with an area of ​​just over 46.3 km 2. Most of Ischia is occupied by the Epomeo Volcano, an impregnable mountain in the very center of the island. By the way, you can climb to the top of the Epomeo volcano on foot or on horseback.

Forio will appeal to everyone, except for the ever-hanging youth. Forio cannot boast of numerous boutiques and noisy discos. Personally, I would not call Ischia a budget holiday destination in general, but if you compare holidays in Forio and in the east of Ischia - in Ischia Porto, then Forio will seem cheaper. Less temptations; of the boutiques here, only Yamamay and Intimissimi and some chain stores of Italian clothing at very affordable prices. For example, Yamamay briefs can be purchased for as little as 10 euros, and men's cotton shorts for 25 euros. I bought FABIO shorts in Forio, just the same, I am very satisfied.

Photo of Forio Ischia, view from the promenade to the watchtower of Torrione (Torrione)

The photograph of Forio above can say almost everything about this resort of Ischia. Photographed in the foreground is the watchtower of Torrione, the central landmark of Forio, built in the 15th century. Now the city museum is located in the Torrione tower, and on the top floor there is a permanent exhibition of paintings by Giovanni Maltese. The streets of Forio are not wide, the cars are small and nimble. In Ischia, you can rent a car or a scooter, but no one recommends :). Forio hotels are not tall buildings, usually no more than 3 floors high. The interior decoration of hotels in Ischia, in general, is old, but reliable furniture. The Russian-speaking population will call the furniture of Ischia hotels a scoop, and they will be, in principle, right. Ischia is an island in Italy; Well, who will drag a mahogany secretary here ?! Loaded? Well, for example, in 2014 I lived in a three-star hotel with very good reviews, in a room for those who never got a second or third half.

Photo of furniture in a 3 star hotel in Forio

Reading reviews about five-star hotels in Ischia and Forio, I come to the conclusion that the people who wrote them were striving for VIP-class furniture, but they got what they got or deserved (maybe they have such karma) ...

Are you down?! Below you will find photos of Forio that I managed to find in my bins!

White Church, landmark of Forio on the island of Ischia

Photo of Forio in the center, the central walking street in the evening

Photograph of the Epomeo volcano and Forio in the early morning (photo taken from the ferry to Naples)

Photo of the main gastronomic heritage of Ischia, dinner for 10.80 euros

In the shops of Ischia, king prawns are a little cheaper. In the review of Ischia Porto I will try to remember exactly how much :). In general, my first visit to Ischia was not very democratic, as I ate exclusively in restaurants. It took a whole year to pump up to the preparation of sea delicacies right in your room: D.

Located in Forio best beach in Ischia - Citara. Clean sand, clear transparent sea of ​​malachite color, shimmering in the rays of sunlight, which we all dream of in the office and at home in gloomy summers and cold winters…

Photo of Citara beach in Forio on the island of Ischia

Photo of Citara beach from the territory of the thermal park Poseidon Gardens in Forio

Life on Citara Beach (Forio, Ischia)

The photo. Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Forio, Citara beach

Citara beach is located in the south of Forio, not in the center. The beach is equipped with everything you need for a carefree holiday on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy. Along the entire length of the beach there are restaurants and cafes, shops and kiosks with food and beach accessories. There are sun loungers for rent, but you can take the best seats until 10:00 in the morning. They wake up early here and attack sun loungers even at high prices, the price of one seat per day is from 15 to 20 euros. Like a dozen or some twenty, and now multiply by today's rate. There are also places for local and budget travelers who always carry their own umbrella and towel. A set of my own huge umbrella and a cotton towel cost me about 10 euros. I rested with it for two weeks and paid only ten, not 280 euros. Saved and all the rest of the money squandered on shrimp!

As I mentioned in my photo review, Forio has a unique thermal park Poseidon Gardens. The territory of the Poseidon Gardens thermal park is a multi-level landscape with a large number of pools, some of which are with thermal water. The Poseidon Thermal Gardens are open daily from 09:00 to 19:00. The cost of visiting the Poseidon Gardens is 32 euros in the low season and 35 euros in August. Yes, in August, there are a lot of Italians and guests of sunny Italy, a lot of pragmatic Germans, a Russian-speaking population is found, but rarely. There is also a discount program in the park that allows you to save, albeit a little. If you sleep for a long time, then you can come here after 13:00 and pay only 27 euros, which is called for half a day.

Photo of the territory of the thermal park Poseidon Gardens. Sun loungers are included in the price of the park ticket.

Poseidon Gardens Ischia photo. The photograph shows the tiered layout of the Poseidon Gardens.

Thermal Park Poseidon Gardens in Ischia is the most popular attraction in Ischia. Everyone knows about it and certainly wants to come here. Most of the pools have different water temperatures, in the park you can find pools with a water temperature of about 15 degrees and hotter up to 40 degrees. In total, there are more than 20 pools in the park, including indoor ones, which are located in the health spa center.

The photo. Thermal park Poseidon Gardens in Ischia.

The nature of Poseidon Gardens in Forio.

In some places I wanted to capture the amazing views of nature in the Poseidon Gardens in photographs and got smart with filters in my Canon. In general, the main thing is visible: the Christmas trees, and the mountains, and the rocks, and the radiant sea - everything is at the service of the guests of the park for a modest fee! 😀

I also liked the territory of the thermal park at its highest point: there is a natural sauna carved into the rock. The high temperature in the sauna is created by a hot jet of steam from the crevices. There are no naked men and women inside the sauna, so there was nothing to take a picture of and it’s dark there, so don’t get angry…

The photo. Entrance to the thermal sauna in the rock, Poseidon Gardens, Forio, 2015.

You will not die of boredom in Forio; I personally like Forio much more than Ischia Porto: there are endless views of the sea, the absence of overdressed signorinas with pumped lips, excellent embankments (perhaps, of course, not the promenade in Nice ...) and just a pleasant sea atmosphere! And finally:

The photo. A piece of summer from Forio, Ischia, Italy.

Palaces, lanes, quarters, fortress towers and architectural angles make a "flower" - city ​​of Forio(Forio) - indescribably original.
You can get to Forio by direct ferry from Naples.

A place of attraction for a large number of artists and intellectuals from all over the world (from W.H. Auden to Visconti, from Moravia to Capote, from Walton to many others). This largest commune on the island was for many decades considered a multilingual "living room", the "fatal center of gravity" of which was located between the tables of the legendary "Vag Intemazionale" Maria.

Geographically, the commune of Forio is located, as it were, “on the back” of the island of Ischia from mainland Italy, it descends from Mount Epomeo to the sandy seashore and wedged into the interweaving of quarters with their places of worship.

A few meters from a small Piazza Luca Balsofiore with the Church of St. Gaetano, which has a facade and dome typical of local churches, there is a real art gallery: Papal Basilica of the Madonna of Loreto with an attached old hospital and a chapel; she belongs to the Brotherhood of the Madonna of Loreto. Considered the center of spirituality, the basilica was built in the 14th century. For centuries, active charitable activities were carried out here, which were brought to life through various forms of assistance and in the form of running a hospital founded in 1596. Special veneration is addressed to Madonna Loreto, whose icon is located in the depths of the apse on a marble throne.

Along the street of shopping and evening walks we reach Cape Soccorso. There are two churches on the Municipality Square: St. Francis of Assisi with an old monastery (now the communal authorities sit in it) and the Church of the Brotherhood of Santa Maria Visitapoveri. In the inner courtyard of the monastery there are remains of images with scenes from the life of St. Francis and his first followers, the work of the Neapolitan artist Filippo Baldi.
The brotherhood and the church were founded around 1614 and were the center of an active spiritual life and the cult of the Merciful Virgin Mary (Madonna delle Grazie). The peculiar architecture is distinguished by a double façade: the façade of the church and the façade that covers the patio. The church displays the work of the artist Alfonso Di Spina.


A few steps towards the sea, and in front of us is the Church of Soccorso, dedicated to the Virgin Mary of the Snow. It is one of the most beautiful churches in Italy and is famous for its distinctive façade.
The churchyard and part of the side walls are decorated with majolica tiles from the 18th century depicting the Passion of Christ and scenes from the life of various saints.

Breathtaking landscapes and views of other temples of great historical and cultural value open up from the hillside. This also applies to Cathedral of Forio, dedicated to the patron saint of the commune, Saint Vito, erected under the name Papal Basilica. The cathedral has long roots: a document dated 1306 states that the inhabitants of Forio are given the right to patronage over the church, which they owned even earlier. The most important work in the cathedral is the statue of St. Vito in silver and gilded copper, made in 1787 by the Neapolitan goldsmiths Del Giudice, after a sketch by the sculptor Giuseppe Sanmartino.

On Via Gaetano Morgera (formerly Via Cierco) is Church of San Carlo Borromeo is an architectural masterpiece built by the Sportiello brothers in 1620. The single-nave church with a plan in the form of a Latin cross is unique in that such local material as green tuff, which is customary for the construction of residential premises, was used here to build a portal, arches, and a crowning cornice. The columns, bases of the columns and the covering of some chapels, made in the form of a half shell, are made of a solid tuff block. Amazing. All painting in the church is by the Forian painter Cesare Calise. Not to underestimate the beauty of the Monterone area and the panoramic view in the San Francesco area (on another slope), one cannot miss the steep climb leading almost to the slopes of Epomeo.

Here, at an altitude of more than 400 meters above sea level, rises Church of St. Mary on the Hill founded by the Sportiello family in 1596. It is located just at the top of the route, the surroundings of which are ideal for trekking fans.


At this starting point, you can choose between a guided tour in the Frasitelli area(the edge of white wine) and the route to the Bianchetto area to reach the forest of Falanga, an oasis of greenery and chestnut groves, a mysterious and charming place with its stone houses, distilleries and ancient buildings of the first inhabitants of this area.
Among them are the so-called "neviere" (snow cellar) - pits and wells for storing snow, recognizable by tropical ferns that grow along the dry masonry walls. The landscape is truly unique.

The road leading from here to top of Epomeo, is just a dream trail. From above, the bays are visible: the bay of Citara with a string of sand drifts stretching to the beach of Cava del Isola and further - from the bay of Chiaia to San Francesco.

And, of course, the surrounding settlements are visible, for example, Panza- the starting point of excursions in the direction of Cape Chiarito, Sorgeto (a small sea bay with thermal springs that beat among the rocks; the water of the springs mixes with the sea water of the bay) and in the direction St. Angelo. In the center of the village, at the top of a wide staircase with a patio, is the parish church of St. Leonardo Abbot. Its existence is confirmed by documents from 1536.


Another important stop is Villa La Mortella in the forest of Dzaro, known as Walton's Villa. It is surrounded by a magnificent garden, once considered the most beautiful park in Italy.
In 1956, the great English composer Sir William Walton settled with his wife in Ischia and decided to build a house with an excellent park for himself in the volcanic region of Mount Zaro, saturated with magnetism and charm.

The garden, designed by landscape architect Russell Page, features over 3,000 rare plants.
Sir Walton's wife Lady Susanna moved from Argentina to Europe in 1948. In the same year she married William. The Waltons, together with the Sitwell brothers, are representatives of one of the brightest eras in the cultural life of England in the 20th century. For this group of people, the exotic garden became the epitome of aesthetic thinking, later interpreted by Page's genius. The garden is distinguished by its progressiveness, and the microclimate is its secret, in the triumph of biology and technology. The largest tropical water lily in the world, the Victoria amazonica, is housed in a large tropical greenhouse.

Not far from the Villa, in the same forest of Dzaro, you can visit a charming Villa Colombaia with a large garden, the owner of which was the outstanding theater and film director Luchino Visconti, buried, according to his will, here, in the garden.

It is not for nothing that the island of Ischia is called the "Island of Eternal Youth" and the "Italian Health Resort": an incredible number of thermal springs are concentrated here, the waters of which contribute to the treatment of various diseases. However, holidays in the resorts of Ischia are not only useful, but also extremely pleasant: thermal centers have their own beaches, restaurants, well-groomed gardens and dance floors. In addition, there are many interesting places on the island that are worth visiting in your free time.

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Ischia is the largest island in the Gulf of Naples. It is divided into 6 municipal areas: Ischia, Casamichollo, Lacco Ameno, Forio, Serrara Fontana and Barano.

What to see, where to visit

The capital of the island is the city of Ischia, which consists of two parts: Ischia Ponte and Ischia Porto. Its main attractions are the Royal Palace, built in the 18th century, where today there is a thermal hospital for the military, the Aragonese castle, towering on an impregnable island off the coast, Michelangelo's tower and the city port, founded back in 1853.

Casamichollo is famous for its wonderful landscapes. In its lower part, along the sea, there is a cozy pedestrian zone, and in the upper part, where the hills and cedar forests begin, you can find a lot of picturesque routes leading to the extinct volcano Epomeo.

Lacco Ameno is a tiny but very curious town. Here you can see the Necropolis of St. Montana, the Church of Santa Restituta - one of the first Christian buildings on the island, the Archaeological Museum, the Aragonese Tower (XV century), Villa Arbusto, surrounded by a magnificent garden. Nearby is the luxurious botanical garden of La Mortella. But the most recognizable symbol of the resort is a bizarre mushroom-shaped rock.

Largest municipality of Ischia - Forio, which was a favorite vacation spot of creative intelligentsia from all over the world half a century ago. There are aristocratic mansions, beautiful alleys and studios of artists, as well as many historical monuments: ancient churches, the monastery of St. Francesca (VII century), the Torrione observation tower, etc.

Serrara Fontana lies on the highest point of the island, among hills, vineyards and orchards. A lot of interesting excursions start from here: a ride on a mule to Epomeo, a visit to the hermitage of St. Nikola, a walking tour to the rocky dwellings of Phalanx, acquaintance with the village of Sant'Angelo, etc.

On the central square of Barano there are two churches - San Sebastiano and San Rocco, as well as several old mansions of the XVIII-XIX centuries, and in its vicinity - several idyllic villages, pine forests and observation platforms, from the height of which wonderful views open.

Beaches

Most of the beaches in Ischia are sandy, with surprisingly soft and light sand. The most popular are the Maronti beach in Barano (the longest of the beaches of the island), where hot steam breaks through the sand, the picturesque Citara beach near Forio, the beach in the bay of St. Montana (Lacco Ameno), the small beaches of Casamicciollo, hidden among the rocks, the English beach in Ischia and others.

Springs and recovery

Ischia is the main health resort of Italy. The healing power of its hot springs has been known since ancient times. And now in every local resort there are large thermal centers offering a comprehensive range of wellness treatments based on mineral waters and mud. So, in Casamichollo (the oldest thermal resort of the island) there is the Castiglione thermal park, in Lacco Ameno - the famous "Gardens of Negombo", in Forio - the "Gardens of Poseidon", in Serraro Fontana - the thermal pools of Apollo, Aphrodite and Tropical, in Barano - Olympus Park. Ischia is also interesting because here, in one of the few places in Europe, thermal springs flow directly into the sea off the coast, forming healing baths in which you can swim even in winter. There are such hot springs in the bays of Cartaromana and Cafiero.

Most of the hotels on the banks of Ischia have their own thermal pools, many hotels are built specifically on the sources and offer not only relaxation, but also treatment for many diseases.

Today, about 300 springs are known in Ischia. The most famous of them are Nitrodi, Bucheto and Olmitello. All local springs are divided into warm thermomineral springs and hot (80-100°C) hyperthermal springs. The mineral waters of Ischia are composed of phosphates, sulfates, bromine, mineral salts, alkali and bicarbonates, used for bathing, drinking, aerosols and other procedures.

Medical specialization
The main medical profile of the thermal resorts of Ischia is pathology and diseases of the respiratory tract and the musculoskeletal system:

  • osteoarthritis (degenerative changes in the joints),
  • chronic rheumatism, polyarthritis,
  • radiculitis, osteochondrosis,
  • gout,
  • neuralgia,
  • conditions after injuries and orthopedic operations,
  • myositis, fibrositis,
  • chronic rhinitis,
  • chronic laryngitis and pharyngitis,
  • adenoiditis and tonsillitis,
  • sinusitis,
  • bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis,

Secondary indications for treatment in the resorts of Ischia are

  • ear diseases,
  • gynecological, skin diseases,
  • diseases of the vascular system, incl. phlebeurysm.

Contraindications

  • hypertension,
  • epilepsy,
  • pregnancy,
  • malignant tumors
  • hemophilia,
  • heart disease,
  • tuberculosis,
  • cerebral atherosclerosis,
  • all diseases in the period of exacerbation.

Entertainment and active recreation

The island offers excellent conditions for outdoor activities: here you can go surfing, snorkeling, diving, rowing, sailing, as well as tennis, horseback riding, running, yoga, etc.

The resorts regularly organize exhibitions, concerts, fairs. Ischia and Forio are considered centers of shopping and nightlife: for example, in Ischia there is a whole quarter with nightclubs and discos - Rive Droite, located to the right of the port.