Craig at the Waterfall Thermal Bath

Ischia Thermal Baths

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September 17th 2005
Today our big adventure was to go to the Negombo thermal baths in Ischia. They were reccomended to us by our young hostel owners and were supposed to be the hip place to go. Getting to Negombo ws not so easy. The hotel owners directed us down the hill 300 meters, then take a right, wait for any bus going east, then get off in Lacco Ameno (where The Talented Mr. Ripley was filmed) and ask someone w ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Naples

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more