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 Barano d'IschiaBarano is the second largest town of the isle of Ischia, and has kept throughout the years a precise physiognomy, with its really painstaking vineyards and vegetable gardens. Indeed, the tasty wine has always been a very important product of the area, drunk in both houses and bars, and largely exported to the continent (and specially to France). Try the Biancolella and the Per 'e Palummo for flavours you will never forget! The name of Barano does not have a sure and univocal meaning: someone thinks it means "contra moerorem", or "delightful place", or "Vario's farm", rather than deriving from the Latin "balneum", because of the natural springs renowned and appreciated even from the ancient Greeks. The extreme fertility of this stunning place attracted many colonisers. The Greeks built a notable nymphaeum (of which there are some findings, currently preserved into the National Museum in Naples) under the warm protection of the nymphs Nitrodi and Apollo, protector of men's beauty and healthiness. Witnesses of the Greek and Roman origins are some expressions of the local dialect deriving from those ancient languages. Barano d’Ischia develops itself among the suggestive hills that thin away towards the southern seaside of the island, interlacing the maquis, breathtaking wooded craters and mountains. Then territory is divided into many hamlets, districts and very ancient small agglomerations placed onto delightful hills. The hamlets have rich history and traditions lost in time. The population has peasant origins. Eight charming villages compose the municipal area of Barano d'Ischia: Molara, Piedimonte, Fiaiano, Vatoliere, Chiummano, Testaccio, Buonopane, Schiappone. The main magnet for tourists is the bay of Maronti: splendid natural bay, 2 km long, very rich in beaches and suggestive corners, such as the valleys of Cava Scura and Ormitello (which is the coastal prolongation of the curative spring of Nitrovi), reachable from Buonapane. You will be impressed from the spacious solemnity of the central piazza... it will surely have a certain effect on you! The historical centre floods onto the piazza, where you will admire ancient buildings dating to XVIII and XIX centuries in all their rural pure austere elegance. The most important thermal spring is Nitrodi: popular for the high quality if the medicative waters.
Other towns in the area: Anacapri, Capri, Casamicciola Terme, Forio d'Ischia, Ischia, Procida |
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