12 Guests
Marina Grande
Marina di Chiaiolella
Spiaggia della Chiaia
Spiaggia di Ciraccio
Canale di Vivara
Photograph the pastel harbour of Corricella, the set of Il Postino
Tour the former prison inside the Palazzo d’Avalos
Cross the footbridge onto the Vivara nature reserve
Visit the Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo in Terra Murata
Swim from the dark volcanic sands of Ciraccio beach
Terra Murata
Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo
Palazzo d’Avalos
Vivara Nature Reserve
Marina Grande
May through September gives the warmest water and the most reliable weather for a stop that’s largely about beaches and colour rather than indoor sights. June and September are the calmest windows, with the island’s single main square and narrow lanes far less crowded than during the August peak, when day-trippers arrive in large numbers from Naples.
Procida has no airport, so guests fly into Naples Capodichino (NAP) and then either join a yacht already cruising the Bay of Naples or take a ferry or hydrofoil from Naples or Pozzuoli, a crossing of roughly 40 minutes to an hour depending on the departure point and vessel type. Pozzuoli is generally the fastest and most frequent crossing.
Marina Grande, the island’s main harbour, is the natural base for going ashore, while Chiaiolella, on the more sheltered southern side near Vivara, suits an overnight stop. The beaches at Chiaia and Ciraccio offer good swimming close to the town, and the narrow Vivara channel, though a nature reserve, is a scenic spot to pass by tender.
A single day covers Marina Corricella, Terra Murata and a swim at Chiaiolella, but an overnight stop lets guests see the harbour lit up in the evening, when the pastel houses and moored fishing boats are at their most photogenic. Most charters treat it as a short, characterful call between Naples and Ischia rather than a multi-day base.
Yes, most of the film’s exteriors were shot around Marina Corricella and the lanes of Terra Murata in 1994. It carries a poignant footnote: star Massimo Troisi, who had postponed heart surgery to finish the role, died of a heart attack just twelve hours after filming wrapped, at the age of 41, and never saw the film’s success or its Oscar nomination.
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