San Montano Resort & Spa

San Montano Resort & Spa

Before breakfast at San Montano Resort & Spa, guests walk barefoot through a lemon grove scented with lavender and jasmine on their way to the eleven-pool thermal park, which terraces down toward the Bay of San Montano and the Gulf of Naples. This is Lacco Ameno on Ischia, a short walk from San Montano Beach, with a hotel shuttle running from 08:00 until midnight for anyone who wants the town instead. Three hectares of garden and the resort's own stretch of private beach mean a stay can pass without leaving the grounds, useful for the couples who book the Bridal Suite and the families filling suites that sleep up to five adults and three children. What separates it from other Ischia hotels is Ocean Blue Spa, the island's only spa with a sea view, backed by a sauna, steam room, and a full menu of massages. Rooms range from Standard Doubles at 215 square feet to the 861 square foot Sunset Suite, sea-facing with its own king bed, mirror, safe, and private bathroom. Solo travellers chasing bar culture in central Ischia, or anyone wanting a compact city hotel, will find the resort's scale and its midnight shuttle schedule a mismatch. For a couple wanting a spa morning and a sunset dinner at Franco's without moving the car once, or a family filling the pool deck for a week, the resort makes the trip out from town worth it. The lemon grove is still there in the evening, and it still smells the same. San Montano overlooks the Bay of San Montano on Ischia, with eleven thermal pools, a private beach, and Ocean Blue Spa, the island's only sea-view spa. Rooms range from 215 to 861 square feet. It suits couples and families staying a week, not bar-hoppers wanting central Ischia.