ISCHIA ISLAND TOURS
ISCHIA ISLAND TOURS
Day-trip visitors from Sorrento to Ischia have around seven hours on the island before taking the hydrofoil back to Sorrento. Ischia Review provides a number of tours and days out that allow you to maximise your time here by seeing the best that Ischia has to offer.
There are some great ways to enjoy the best of Ischia on a single day-trip from Sorrento and here we can give you some options to consider on how best to maximise your time here.
There's a daily hydrofoil that leaves from Sorrento to Ischia at 09:30 and arrives in Ischia Porto at 10:30. The same hydrofoil returns later on in the day, leaving Ischia Porto at 17:25 and arriving back in Sorrento at 18:25 so that gives you a total of around 7 hours to enjoy in Ischia.
The main attractions that people visit Ischia for are the beaches, the beautiful natural scenery at sea and on land, the thermal water, the vineyards, Castello Aragonese, the village of Sant'Angelo, La Mortella Gardens and the six main towns that make up the island - Ischia (Ischia Porto & Ischia Ponte), Forio, Casamicciola, Lacco Ameno, Serrara Fontana and Barano.
We can put together tours that allow you to visit and enjoy as much or as little as you would like to do in one day. We include tours of the island by "Micro-Taxi" (the converted tuk tuks that are one of Ischia's icons), regular air-conditioned taxi or by boat with a skipper. We can also supplement these tours by adding an English-speaking guide to give you an insight into the island's culture and history as you make your way around.
Basic 3 hour island taxi tours
The basic tours comprise a simple three hour lap of the island by taxi (with a driver who speaks basic English) which takes in each of the main towns and includes stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo where you have the chance to walk around the village for half an hour or so by yourselves. The basic tours start as soon as you arrive on the island by hydrofoil, and finish around 1:30pm when we drop you off back in Ischia Porto.
We suggest this as a good time to have your lunch at one of the many restaurants around the port and we can give you some recommendations as we go around, based on feedback from yourselves as to what kind of thing you'd like, price range and location etc. If you finish your lunch by around 3pm this gives you just under two and a half hours before you need to be back at the port to take the hydrofoil back to Sorrento. One way of passing this time would be to walk from Ischia Porto to Ischia Ponte (around 30 minutes walk, mostly alongside the sea) where you can see Castello Aragonese and the old town around it, spending an hour and a half there before walking back to Ischia Porto. We can alternatively finish your tour in Ischia Ponte if you prefer, meaning you only do that walk once if it's of interest.
Additional tour options
Apart from the basic three hour tours we offer additional options that allow you to visit some of the island's other attractions including Sorgeto Hot Springs, Negombo Thermal Gardens and La Mortella Gardens or the chance to try some locally made wine and food at one of Ischia's vineyards. Each of these sights and activities creates a slightly elongated tour so please see below for a breakdown of what each of our tours involves:
1. Basic three hour island taxi tour - We collect you from your hotel/Ischia port, take you around the island by private micro-taxi or regular taxi, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. Tour ends back to your hotel/Ischia port
Duration: 3 hours
2. Morning taxi tour with afternoon at Negombo - We collect you from your hotel/Ischia Porto, take you on a private tour of the island passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Sant’Angelo (time for walk and visit the village), Forio and Lacco Ameno. After 3 hours we drop you off at Negombo Thermal Gardens. They have an on-site restaurant called Trattoria Casa Colonica Al Negombo where you can have lunch (not included in price of tour) before visiting the park at a reduced rate of €26 per person (paid directly to Negombo at the kiosk) after 1:30pm. It is advisable to take bathrobes, swimming caps and towels with you as they are not included in the thermal park ticket. You spend the afternoon at Negombo relaxing in the warm water pools before we come and collect you by taxi to take you back to your hotel/Ischia port
Duration: 6 hours including 3 hours for tour and transfer back to Ischia Porto/Hotel
3.Full day sea tour - We collect you from the most convenient port in relation to where you’re staying and take you on a private tour of the island by boat with a skipper, stopping at Castello Aragonese, Sant'Angelo, Maronti Beach and various other places where you'll be able to swim and snorkel (towels and snorkeling equipment provided). The skipper will also take you to Sorgeto Hot Springs (the free, public thermal spa) where you can relax as long as you like. There are also half a dozen or so restaurants that can only be reached by sea and we can take you to any of those. The restaurants have a range of prices so on the day we'd recommend one based on your wishes. Throughout the day we will provide you with water and light snacks and the skipper will act as your driver, stopping whenever or wherever you wish but at the same time offering advice on the best places to see. The tour will end by us dropping you off back at the same port that we picked you up from in the morning.
Duration: 6 and a half hours
4. Taxi tour with stop at vineyard for wine tasting - We collect you by taxi from your hotel or the port in the morning and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at several iconic locations such as Castello Aragonese (outside), Maronti Beach, Forio and Chiesa del Soccorso, Lacco Ameno, as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. At around 12:00 with two types of tour available - one consisting of a simple wine-tasting and snacks, lasting around an hour (Tour A) and the other where the host takes you around the vineyard and explains how the wines are produced before you try some of the wines with a snack consisting of local delicacies which lasts around 2 hours (Tour B). At the end of the wine tour we collect you again and continue the tour of the island, before returning you to your hotel or the port.
Tour A
Duration: 4 - 4 and a half hours
Tour B
Duration: 5 - 5 and a half hours
5. Taxi tour with stop at La Mortella Gardens - We collect you by taxi from your hotel/Ischia port and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. We collect you from Sant'Angelo at 1pm and at around 1:30pm we stop at La Mortella where you can spend just over two hours exploring the gardens. We collect you at 3:45pm, complete the circuit of the island with one more photograph stop in Lacco Ameno before arriving back at your hotel. Please be aware that La Mortella is only open to visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Entrance to the gardens is €12 per person and not included in the price of the tour.
Duration: 6 hours
6. Basic full day tour of the island with stop at local restaurant for traditional Ischia lunch
We collect you from your hotel/ Ischia Porto and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. We collect you from Sant'Angelo at 13:00 and at around 13:30pm we stop at a local restaurant where you can have a traditional Ischia lunch (price of lunch not included). We collect you at 15:00, complete the circuit of the island with one more photograph stop before arriving back in ischia Porto at 17:00.
Duration: 5 hours and half
7. Full day tour of the island with two hour guided hike included - We collect you from wherever you're staying at 10am or at the port if you're just here for the day, before taking you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at the most iconic locations on the island. At around 1pm the taxi will stop at the starting point of the hike where the guide will then lead the way. We recommend taking a snack such as a sandwich as well as water that you can consume during the hike. The hike finishes at around 3pm and you will then complete a circuit of the island by taxi with one more photograph stop before arriving back in Ischia Porto or at your hotel around 5pm.
Walking routes include:
Frassitelli to Falanga wood and the stone houses
Sant'Angelo to Maronti Beach
Baia della Pelara and Monte di Panza
Mount Epomeo trek
Other routes are also available on request, see the full list here.
Duration: 7 hours
There's a daily hydrofoil that leaves from Sorrento to Ischia at 09:30 and arrives in Ischia Porto at 10:30. The same hydrofoil returns later on in the day, leaving Ischia Porto at 17:25 and arriving back in Sorrento at 18:25 so that gives you a total of around 7 hours to enjoy in Ischia.
The main attractions that people visit Ischia for are the beaches, the beautiful natural scenery at sea and on land, the thermal water, the vineyards, Castello Aragonese, the village of Sant'Angelo, La Mortella Gardens and the six main towns that make up the island - Ischia (Ischia Porto & Ischia Ponte), Forio, Casamicciola, Lacco Ameno, Serrara Fontana and Barano.
We can put together tours that allow you to visit and enjoy as much or as little as you would like to do in one day. We include tours of the island by "Micro-Taxi" (the converted tuk tuks that are one of Ischia's icons), regular air-conditioned taxi or by boat with a skipper. We can also supplement these tours by adding an English-speaking guide to give you an insight into the island's culture and history as you make your way around.
Basic 3 hour island taxi tours
The basic tours comprise a simple three hour lap of the island by taxi (with a driver who speaks basic English) which takes in each of the main towns and includes stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo where you have the chance to walk around the village for half an hour or so by yourselves. The basic tours start as soon as you arrive on the island by hydrofoil, and finish around 1:30pm when we drop you off back in Ischia Porto.
We suggest this as a good time to have your lunch at one of the many restaurants around the port and we can give you some recommendations as we go around, based on feedback from yourselves as to what kind of thing you'd like, price range and location etc. If you finish your lunch by around 3pm this gives you just under two and a half hours before you need to be back at the port to take the hydrofoil back to Sorrento. One way of passing this time would be to walk from Ischia Porto to Ischia Ponte (around 30 minutes walk, mostly alongside the sea) where you can see Castello Aragonese and the old town around it, spending an hour and a half there before walking back to Ischia Porto. We can alternatively finish your tour in Ischia Ponte if you prefer, meaning you only do that walk once if it's of interest.
Additional tour options
Apart from the basic three hour tours we offer additional options that allow you to visit some of the island's other attractions including Sorgeto Hot Springs, Negombo Thermal Gardens and La Mortella Gardens or the chance to try some locally made wine and food at one of Ischia's vineyards. Each of these sights and activities creates a slightly elongated tour so please see below for a breakdown of what each of our tours involves:
1. Basic three hour island taxi tour - We collect you from your hotel/Ischia port, take you around the island by private micro-taxi or regular taxi, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. Tour ends back to your hotel/Ischia port
Duration: 3 hours
2. Morning taxi tour with afternoon at Negombo - We collect you from your hotel/Ischia Porto, take you on a private tour of the island passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Sant’Angelo (time for walk and visit the village), Forio and Lacco Ameno. After 3 hours we drop you off at Negombo Thermal Gardens. They have an on-site restaurant called Trattoria Casa Colonica Al Negombo where you can have lunch (not included in price of tour) before visiting the park at a reduced rate of €26 per person (paid directly to Negombo at the kiosk) after 1:30pm. It is advisable to take bathrobes, swimming caps and towels with you as they are not included in the thermal park ticket. You spend the afternoon at Negombo relaxing in the warm water pools before we come and collect you by taxi to take you back to your hotel/Ischia port
Duration: 6 hours including 3 hours for tour and transfer back to Ischia Porto/Hotel
3.Full day sea tour - We collect you from the most convenient port in relation to where you’re staying and take you on a private tour of the island by boat with a skipper, stopping at Castello Aragonese, Sant'Angelo, Maronti Beach and various other places where you'll be able to swim and snorkel (towels and snorkeling equipment provided). The skipper will also take you to Sorgeto Hot Springs (the free, public thermal spa) where you can relax as long as you like. There are also half a dozen or so restaurants that can only be reached by sea and we can take you to any of those. The restaurants have a range of prices so on the day we'd recommend one based on your wishes. Throughout the day we will provide you with water and light snacks and the skipper will act as your driver, stopping whenever or wherever you wish but at the same time offering advice on the best places to see. The tour will end by us dropping you off back at the same port that we picked you up from in the morning.
Duration: 6 and a half hours
4. Taxi tour with stop at vineyard for wine tasting - We collect you by taxi from your hotel or the port in the morning and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at several iconic locations such as Castello Aragonese (outside), Maronti Beach, Forio and Chiesa del Soccorso, Lacco Ameno, as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. At around 12:00 with two types of tour available - one consisting of a simple wine-tasting and snacks, lasting around an hour (Tour A) and the other where the host takes you around the vineyard and explains how the wines are produced before you try some of the wines with a snack consisting of local delicacies which lasts around 2 hours (Tour B). At the end of the wine tour we collect you again and continue the tour of the island, before returning you to your hotel or the port.
Tour A
Duration: 4 - 4 and a half hours
Tour B
Duration: 5 - 5 and a half hours
5. Taxi tour with stop at La Mortella Gardens - We collect you by taxi from your hotel/Ischia port and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. We collect you from Sant'Angelo at 1pm and at around 1:30pm we stop at La Mortella where you can spend just over two hours exploring the gardens. We collect you at 3:45pm, complete the circuit of the island with one more photograph stop in Lacco Ameno before arriving back at your hotel. Please be aware that La Mortella is only open to visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Entrance to the gardens is €12 per person and not included in the price of the tour.
Duration: 6 hours
6. Basic full day tour of the island with stop at local restaurant for traditional Ischia lunch
We collect you from your hotel/ Ischia Porto and take you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at Castello Aragonese, Maronti Beach, Serrara Fontana, Forio and Lacco Ameno as well as a longer stop in Sant'Angelo. We collect you from Sant'Angelo at 13:00 and at around 13:30pm we stop at a local restaurant where you can have a traditional Ischia lunch (price of lunch not included). We collect you at 15:00, complete the circuit of the island with one more photograph stop before arriving back in ischia Porto at 17:00.
Duration: 5 hours and half
7. Full day tour of the island with two hour guided hike included - We collect you from wherever you're staying at 10am or at the port if you're just here for the day, before taking you on a tour of the island, passing through each of the main towns with stops for photographs at the most iconic locations on the island. At around 1pm the taxi will stop at the starting point of the hike where the guide will then lead the way. We recommend taking a snack such as a sandwich as well as water that you can consume during the hike. The hike finishes at around 3pm and you will then complete a circuit of the island by taxi with one more photograph stop before arriving back in Ischia Porto or at your hotel around 5pm.
Walking routes include:
Frassitelli to Falanga wood and the stone houses
Sant'Angelo to Maronti Beach
Baia della Pelara and Monte di Panza
Mount Epomeo trek
Other routes are also available on request, see the full list here.
Duration: 7 hours
HOW TO BOOK A TOUR:
Booking any of the above tours is really simple, just drop us a line and we'll get back to you with prices and booking details. Just drop us a line at info@ischiareview.com and we'll be happy to help you plan your day.
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