Help! I recently read an article in the travel section of a gourmet magazine about an island off the coast of Italy. The article described it as an uncrowded version of Capri and recommended visiting in the next 10-12 years as it will surely become another Capri eventually. So far I can't locate the article I read of anything that jogs my memory. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

I think it began with the letter P

Was it Procida?

Could it have been Pantelleria? I also read an article in Travel+Leisure magazine about this island and it sounded very alluring. It is off the southwest coast of Sicily and it is known for its capers.

I've been reading a lot about Ischia lately- maybe that's it? Not a P though!

Betsyc - It's almost certainly Ponza ...

- but DON'T TELL ANYONE!

www.ponza.it
www.coppa.com/ponza
www.ponza.com

It's off the coast of Lazio between Rome and Naples.

Hope this helps ...

Steve

Ponza...a wonderful place. I just keep hoping Steves doesn't find out about it or it will become as "touristy" as his other two masterpieces of marketing: Rue Cler and Cinque Terre!

Thanks so much for your replies. Yes it was Ponza and while we will probably
go there in the fall of 2004 when my sister and brother in law and my husband and myself will be celebrating
our anniversaries I PROMISE not to tell anyone else at all!!

Ponza it is, and it gets VERY crowded with Italians (very few Yanks) during July and August, so go there some othe time!

Ponza it is, and it gets VERY crowded with Italians (very few Yanks) during July and August, so go there some other time!