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Left: at the entrance, guests are welco-

med by a SICIS marble mosaic with a

custom-made inscription.

Right: view of the Aragonese Castle,

Ischia. Photo: Cuboimage.

Side page: exterior view of the hotel.

T

he Terme Manzi Hotel

& Spa is situated at the

historical

Gurgitello

mineral springs in the heart of

Casamicciola, a small town on the

island of Ischia, well-known jewel of the Mediterranean along with

nearby Capri. Casamicciola was the first resort on the island, offering

guests mineral springs whose curative properties were extensively

documented from the time of the ancient Romans. It was the Romans,

in fact, who placed Casamicciola under the protection of Apollo, the

god of health and well-being, and built luxury bath complexes, some

archeological vestiges of which can still be seen today. So it is not by

chance that this island, famous for its saline-bromine-iodine waters, is

considered the third most important

site in the world for spa resorts. This

is the backdrop of the Terme Manzi