[July 2024] After a dip in the sea at Fumarole Beach on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a boat to the nearest town, Sant’Angelo.
Like the Aragonese Castle we visited a few days ago, there was a land-tied island here, and both sides of the causeway were beaches.
When we looked from the top of the hill before going to Fumarole Beach, it was bustling with beachgoers, but when we arrived, everyone had already come out of the sea and were preparing dinner, and the beach was deserted.
In front of the causeway, there were cafes and restaurants lined up, and the houses were crowded on the slope of the hill, making it a small resort space.
We crossed the causeway and went to the land-tied island side, but there was only one deserted hotel there, and it seemed to be not very developed.
The island itself is a bulging mountain, and unless it was a castle or something, people probably wouldn’t go up there.
Then we crossed the causeway again and returned, and settled at a table outside one of the several cafes and restaurants for aperitivo.
It was €15 per person, a reasonable price for a tourist spot.
All the food served with the cocktails was fried, though.
It was just the time when people were coming into the restaurant, and from the appearance, this town seemed like a place to go out and dress up a little.
We were wearing casual clothes after swimming, so I felt a bit out of place.
We came to Sant’Angelo at this time because I mistakenly thought it was a famous place for sunsets, but since we found out that it wasn’t, we didn’t stay long and headed to the bus stop.
The bus stop is quite high up in the town, so we had to go up a hill.
On the way there were some very pretentious shops lined up on one side.
It had a bit of a Capri or Portofino atmosphere, but it didn’t feel like it had reached that level yet.
I wonder if it will become more upmarket in the future?
Because I was distracted by the fashionable storefronts, the walking up the slope didn’t seem so bad.
I didn’t find anything I wanted to buy, though.
In any case, this town looks better when you look back from halfway up the slope than when you are actually in the town.
