What happens when a breathtaking view encounters, as if by magic, the spring water more healthful and beneficial? The result is a paradise. And in Casamicciola Terme in the Bay of Bagnitiello, sheltered from the raging winds, this paradise has a name that smells of tradition: ‘O Vagnitiello.
A journey of a few minutes’ walk (you can take the shuttle to get the structure up to the park) will lead you through an unprecedented views and lush vegetation in an amazing new space where time stands still and nature seems to have directed with extraordinary generosity.
Born as a beach, before the park as hydrothermal park and small hotel, ‘O Vagnitiello is a completely family-owned active for almost 50 years and now managed by the third generation began with Macchione, then passed to the Captain and finally arrived at Luciano, his wife Luisa and his young daughter Roberta who we met to present all offers and peculiarities of this sublime place.
The first feeling you get coming to the ‘O Vagnitiello is a sense of peace that pervades the spirit and intoxicates. The guest who decides to spend his day in the famous spa gardens of Casamicciola, decides to leave out anxiety, stress and worries of everyday life. He decides to totally immerse yourself in nature, caressed by sea breezes and to breathe fresh air, maternal and light.
To help in this journey of wellness, five pools with spring water are always new and unfiltered to preserve all the original organoleptic properties. There are two new hot for this new season 2012 and provide color therapy and monotherapy. 
The simple and at the same time very sophisticated and elegant environment allows customers to enjoy the sun, thermal waters and the sea that stretches out of sight around the park with clear distinction of Vivara and Procida even the nearby Cape Misenum . To complete this exciting path, thermal waterfalls, natural sauna and beauty area for purely aesthetic treatments to improve imperfections such as lack of muscle tone and orange peel skin, true sorrow of women and men who want to quickly obtain good results and be ready for the costume fitting. To confirm, if necessary, the powerful healing properties of these thermal waters coming from the source of Bagnitiello and, in the past centuries, prominent figures such as Giulio Jasolino, well-known physician from Calabria in 1500, described in detail the properties of these waters in his book “De natural remedies”, a collection of valuable information on how to combat any type of illness with assistance exclusively from nature that, through its easier gifts, allows one to address many problems without resorting to the use of medicines.
Another distinguished personage who spoke shortly after the healing waters of Bagnitiello was Pope Innocent III, who, after a bad fall, faced a long and difficult rehabilitation and chose waters fed by algae rich in Ionian and potash and obtained amazing results.
To complete this piece of paradise a snack bar within a short walk from beach chairs and umbrellas and a restaurant overlooking the sea that you can reach in the evening for dining, relaxing and good food. To ensure the best culinary results will be chef Vincenzo D’Abundo helped by Luca Di Paola, Eduardo Barano and valuable advice of Aunt Pina. Like any self-respecting seaside resort, also the ‘O Vagnitiello strives, always, in the preparation of delicious seafood but there are other menu rich in typical local specialties are highly valued and required as the rabbit stewed in a tomato, wine and herb sauce.
And for those who want to enjoy this wonderful spectacle even after the scheduled closing time of the hydrothermal park, will be useful to know that ‘O Vagnitiello is also a small hotel with only eight rooms, all overlooking the sea. To honor this priceless wealth offered by the natural position which takes advantage of the park, each room bears the name of something that is intrinsically linked to the sea. Here then is La Nina, La Pinta, La Santa Maria, La Lampara, Il Guardiano and The Lanterna of the lighthouse where guests will have all the necessary comforts: private bathroom, air conditioning, minibar, safe, balcony, telephone and Satellite TV as well as rattan furniture and ceramic floor tiles that give each suite a real seaside aspect. A must, in short, for those who want to experience the most authentic beauty of a natural paradise like Ischia.
