The Islands
Islands of Capri, Procida, Ventotene and Ponza only few minuts from Ischia!

CAPRI

    



 

  

The Island of Capri lies to the South of the Bay of Naples between the parallels 40°30'40" and 40°16'48" North and the meridians l4°11'54" and 14°16'19" East of Greenwich. The island has a perimetre e of approximately 17 Km and a total area of about 1..036 hectares, it is 6,7 Km long and its width varies between 2,7 Km and 1,2 Km. Map of the Island The highest point is Mount Solaro - 589 metres. There are 2 towns: Capri and Anacapri. About 8000 people live in Capri and 7000 in Anacapri. The town of Capri is located on the eastern side of the island, Marina Grande - the port - to the North and Marina Piccola to the South the Hostel la Bussola di Ermes is located in Anacapri.

PROCIDA

    
  the smallest of the Neapolitan islands the least “touristy” and no doubt the most authentic, was called Prochyta, which means “ profuse, risen from the waters”.
Seven craters are visible along its coasts; the geophisical origins of the island are volcanic like the whole area known as the Phlegrean fields (campi Flegrei). Beetween the 17th and 16th centuries B.C.the island was inhabitedby the Mycenaeans, as atrefacts found on the nearby islands of Vivara attest to their existence. The Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo, named after the patron saint of the island, stands on the rock of Terra Murata.  

VENTOTENE

    
 

 a little island just one hour far from Ischia.(lat. 40º48' N long. 13º35' E at the port)  It is about 1,3/4 miles long, and just over half a mile wide at the widest point; it reaches an altitude of only 4,280 ft at Monte dell'Arco. lt is quite different in character to Ponza. More compact, its volcanic origin can be seen from the reddish-brown soil, covered with shrubgrowth and cactus.
 

PONZA

    
 

  the largest of the Pontine Italian islands, located 33Km south of cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian sea. Other Pontine islands include Gavi, Palmarola, and Zannone.

Its surface area is 7.3 square kilometers. Located in a beautiful landscape, the island's isolation destined it to serve as a penal colony by various regimes. During the two decades of the island, together with the nearby Ventotene, served as a prison for political opposents of Mussolini's regime.