Panza (sometimes Panza d'Ischia) is a small town of 7,000 inhabitants on the island of Ischia, Italy. It is a hamlet ( frazione) of the municipality of Forio. Frazioni italiane inizianti per Pam-Pao
After the Roman conquest of the Island, the village was named Pansa Vicus, from the Latin verb pandere namely outstretched in the sun. In Neapolitan language the word panza means Abdomen, in a variant of the Italian language word pancia."panza" at Wiktionary
The bay of Sorgeto is world-famous for its hot spring. Different thermal veins flow in fact along the whole bay, but it is from a single spring that water always gushes out with impetus and in abundance. The temperature of the water reaches 90 °C and mixes itself with the salty water of the sea so to create natural tubs of different temperature gradations.
In the 16th century a Calabrian physician, G. Jasolino, first examined the thermo-mineral waters that according to Jasolino had varied curative effects: beneficial to the gouts, to the frigidity and the sterility.
22 pools (Thermal, Kneipp, and ocean-water) have been installed according to latest technical and medical knowledge. The water temperature varies from ). The abundance of water means that it is constantly renewed. A Roman Sauna and a large private beach is equipped with deck-chairs and beach umbrellas, various restaurants one situated in a grotto of local tuff stones and a boutique with a newspaper kiosk are provided by this establishment.
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