Negombo Thermal Park

Negombo Thermal Park on the volcanic island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, is one of the Mediterranean's most celebrated thermal garden parks, where chloride-sodium-siliceous volcanic spring waters of varying temperatures fill a series of terraced pools set within a lush botanical garden of extraordinary Mediterranean plant diversity, the pools descending toward the sea through terraced levels that offer progressive views over the Bay of Naples and Capri. Ischia's volcanic geology—the island is itself the summit of an active submarine volcano—produces geothermal waters of exceptional variety and temperature, and Negombo's careful cultivation of its volcanic spring resources within a designed landscape of rare plants has made it the most internationally renowned of the island's many thermal parks. The combination of volcanic mineral bathing, botanical garden beauty, and the dramatic setting of the Bay of Naples creates a thermal park experience unlike any other in Mediterranean Europe.