Based on two sharing, the price includes dinner, b&b accommodation, return flights from Gatwick to Naples and return transfers. Alternatively, three nights costs from £613 per person.The address Grand Hotel Punta Molino Terme, Lungomare C Columbo, 23, 80070 Ischia. Just two minutes walk from the hotel, Ischia Ponte looks like an old-fashioned fishing town yet buzzes with bars, restaurants and shops. Stock up on fashionable beachwear and pretty, local ceramics. For a day trip, take the CD 2 bus from nearby Ischia Port to the Poseidon Thermal Gardens on the west of the island, a spa-lover's paradise with 12 outdoor pools and a sauna grotto.

Bedrooms offer modern comfort and sparkling cleanliness rather than high design. Do ask for a seaview.The bathroomThe usual luxuries - fluffy robes, power showers etc - are jazzed up by the presence of local, hand-painted ceramic tiles. Some of the more expensive rooms feature hydromassage bathtubs that soothe the bones with ozone-rich waters. Ask, if you want one.The food and drinkTempting half-board prices, and light, Mediterranean cooking ensure a full dining-room most nights. Guests can choose from an ?a carte menu or opt for the buffet, which offers more than 60 types of antipasti, vegetables, salads, grilled meat and fish.

At 12.30 every day, pareo-clad diners gather around the poolside barbeque. After dinner, guests take to the floodlit dance floor around the pool.The peopleAugust sees bourgeois Italian families on their summer beach holidays. In spring and autumn, older Italians come for the curative waters. There is also a growing number of young British couples in search of a good-value, Mediterranean spa break.The area The island's verdant, mountainous landscape is carpeted with wild flowers and unspoilt by high-rises thanks to fierce building restrictions.