7 Best Hotels in Ischia, Capri, Ischia, and Procida

The Castello Aragonese, on its own island, is the unrivaled location for this unique hotel with a peaceful ambience and simple but comfortable rooms overlooking the Mediterranean. The superb restaurant on the spectacular terrace (also open to nonguests) provides sophisticated adaptations of local island cuisine, using much produce from the castle's vegetable garden. The hotel is hugely popular, so book way in advance.

Dominating the entrance to the Riva Destra, Ischia's restaurant strip overlooking the port, this is the closest decent hotel to the arriving hydrofoils. The 1970s facade may put you off, and the rooms are nothing special, but the roof garden with its heated swimming pool is where most guests spend their time.

In a villa and garden a short walk from the beach, this hotel has bright, airy guest rooms decorated with antiques. Meals are served in the roof garden, overlooking the town of Ischia and the Bay of Naples—and you must reserve well in advance. Part of a family-run chain of four hotels in the town of Ischia, it's in the heart of Ischia Porto, just off the busy shopping street Via Roma.

Surrounded by verdant Ischian maquis and a vineyard, this modern-style hotel has comfortable, airy rooms; a solarium with views of Citara Bay and Epomeo Mountain; and spa facilities with thermally heated pools, mud therapies, Finnish sauna, and massages. Rooms have either a terrace or balcony, and the restaurant boasts a wine cellar where you can sample the fruits of the surrounding vineyard. There is also a chapel with daily services.

Above the sea about a mile from Forio town—between the Bay of San Francesco and the crystal-clear waters of Chiaia—Hotel La Scogliera has simply furnished rooms done up in Mediterranean hues and bright tile flooring. Its family run atmosphere and hospitality make guests feel at right at home, if your home is on a beach. In the summer they build a platform by the sea, ideal for sun worshippers.

At this quiet family-run hotel—a short walk from Citara Beach and the crowded Giardini Poseidon spa—each of the tastefully decorated rooms has its own theme; the best and most expensive rooms take advantage of the hotel's panoramic views from the upper-terrace wing. Breakfast is served on a terrace with a view of the sea, and, in the hanging gardens there are four swimming pools, including an infinity pool and one filled by geothermal aquifers 30 feet deep.

With a superlative panoramic view over the Bay of Cartaromana, Villa Antonio offers a quiet haven close to the action, and direct access to the sea is a few private steps away from the casual whitewashed villa. Sun beds, though, abound at several garden levels, so most guests tend not to stray too far. Guest rooms are basic, but all have air-conditioning and sea views. The owner's brother is a sculptor—his granite and marble works are scattered around the flower-decked terraces, and his studio is in the square by the hotel.