The Fumarolas of Sant’Angelo

Just a short walk from S. Angelo and the thermal gardens Aphrodite Apollon, on one of the most warm thermal flanks of the island, in a small section of Maronti, spew for centuries the breath of Tifeo from the depths of the ground. This is a most interesting phenomenon resulting from the volcanic activity of Ischia: the Fumarole. From the ground in this area a great thermal energy emanates and produces clouds of vapour in the external atmosphere and bubbles of gas in the ocean at about 100°C, observable with a submarine mask a few meters from the shore.

Since the times of Romans, the warm sand was used to cure body pains through sand-baths a pallet is dug with one’s hands, one lies down and covers the whole body with sand, leaving only the head out.Over the course of the centuries these thermal waters had many uses, the heat being used even for culinary needs.