Giardini Poseidon Terme
Twenty-plus thermal pools terraced above a bay on the volcanic island of Ischia.
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- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 1959
The Giardini Poseidon Terme occupy the slope above Citara bay at Forio on Ischia. More than twenty pools, each held at a different temperature, are terraced through gardens down to a private beach on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Bathing here is about choosing your temperature: pools from cool to close to 40 °C, thermal caves cut into the rock, and sea swimming a few steps away.
The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Citara volcanic springs
- Mineralisation
- Sodium chloride volcanic thermal water
- Character
- Volcanic water distributed to more than twenty pools, each held at a different temperature from cool to about 40 °C.
History
Ischia's volcanic springs have been used since Greek and Roman settlement; the Poseidon gardens were laid out from 1959 and remain the island's largest thermal park.
Practical information
Open seasonally, roughly spring to autumn. A single day ticket covers the pools and beach; sun loungers are included in most tariffs.
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Getting there
Ferries and hydrofoils reach Ischia from Naples and Pozzuoli; buses from Ischia Porto serve Citara beach at Forio.
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