Ischia 28th May Sabato

28th May Sabato

We were up early as Andrew has booked us a boat for the day. We were picked up by Chito at 10am from the hotel jetty and set off via Forio to meander round the island for the day. This is the best way to see the whole island as over a third has no roads so these areas are inaccessible except by sea. The views of the Green Island as Ischia was originally named are stunning.
Chito stopped the boat just outside Sant'Angelo and Andrew went in for a swim, the rocks here are sharp and slippery so I opted to stay on the boat. Andrew swam in towards shore to feel the temperature rise as he reached the fumaroles. He cut his foot badly on the rocks and we spent some time trying to stop it bleeding.
We docked at Sant'Angelo and ate lunch of bruschetta, Capri salad and gelato at Dal Pescatore. Wandered around the shops and bought a pretty mug in the local pottery shop.
Sailed on round to Ischia Ponte, I'd forgotten quite how stunning the rocks are around the island. They change over the years too as they are volcanic, and the wind and sea erode them, plus chunks sheer off and fall into the sea.
Chito pointed out a restaurant only accessible by boat, wish we'd known about this before we ate at Sant'Angelo.
We stopped again at Ischia Ponte and wandered up to a cafe for wine and coffee, then back to the boat and round to the Magician's cave with it's lovely copper orange sea flowers which only grow in the caves. Chito gave us some of the local white wine to try, Andrew really liked it. We sailed on round the island and into another cave before eventually docking back at Mezzatorre.
We waved goodbye to Chito, who had been really informative and good company all day.
We had decided to eat at the hotel this evening as we weren't sure when we'd be back.
This was the least appetising meal we ate during our holiday. We had a lovely melon liquor with coffee on the terrace afterwards.