Situated in the Western part of the Bay of Naples, Ischia is the largest of the Neapolitan islands and one of the most attractive places in the surroundings of Naples (from which it is 17,5 miles away).

It is of volcanic origin and its present structure is the result of a complex geologic evolution started in the Pliocene. The first eruption is the one of Mount Corvo, occurred in 2200 B.C., while the latest one took place in 1301-1302 and caused the making of Molina Point, called Arso or Cremato.