The island of Ischia is one of those natural and cultural jewels that make Italy the unique country in the world that it is. Immersed in the sea in front of the Gulf of Naples, in just over 46 square kilometers, reserve charming corners overlooking the water, characteristic villages crowded beaches, but also lush vegetation, green hills that open onto an inimitable panorama and Mount Epomeo that reaches almost 800 meters above sea level.
Barano d'Ischia, one of the six municipalities in which the island is politically divided, perfectly embodies this diversity of environments and landscapes, including a territory that stretches on the sea to the southernmost tip of the territory but is mainly formed by hills that preserve remaining corners typically rural.
The same small town of Barano is a picturesque agglomeration of houses set in the green hills, at 210 meters above sea level. The nerve center is the square on which the churches of San Sebastiano and San Rocco overlook. Not far away is also the church of San Giovanni Battista, among the oldest buildings in all of Ischia. It is among these routes, in particular in the hamlet of Buonopane, that on Monday of the Angel every year the Nderezzata is held, a typical costume dance whose origins most ancient dates back to the time when the island was strongly influenced by Greek culture brought by the first settlers who arrived from the island of the Aegean Sea Evia.
The best known place on this part of the island, however, is at the foot of the hills that characterize the landscape.

This is the Lido dei Maronti, certainly the most famous beach on the island: 3 kilometers quiet and sheltered from the hills above that lean gently towards the sea. To enrich the landscape there are, then, the many quarries that open suddenly among the tuff rocks; the best known is "Cava Scura “: a cave where a powerful hot spring of water flows from the rock that reaches even 100 degrees centigrade of temperature and feeds a truly characteristic spa, with the tubs dug out directly into the rock. The place was already known and exploited at the time of the Roman people.
From the beach, for a small and short path, you can reach the nearby village of Sant'Angelo, another of the must-see places in Ischia, with its houses colorful and the steep and narrow streets clinging to the coast that in the evening come alive with bars, restaurants and typical shops that always recall a great deal of tourists.

Among other places to remember the municipality of Barano d'Ischia is undoubtedly mentioned the pine forest of Fiaiano, a place that appears to be suspended in time, populated by lush pine and chestnut trees that stand out against the blue sky.