I stayed at the ring hostel with one friend of mine and we both absolutely loved it. Mostly because of it's atmosphere and super friendly owners. We accidentally arrive without a booking and they were happy to accommodate us. It has a really good community vibe and so it is really easy to meet people. While we were there they... More

August in Italy is expensive, especially in Ischia, where budget accommodations are not that easy to come by. However, unless you are fine with gross bathrooms, rude people, and noisy and crowded rooms, don’t stay here. My friend and I booked a room for 4 with a private bathroom, but they stuffed the tiny room with 6 people, and the... More

Greetings from Norway! What a great vacation we had in Italy this summer! My girlfriend and I spent two weeks traveling from the crowded city-life in Milano all the way down to the beautiful island of Ischia. We didn't really plan to stay longer than a few days, but after meeting Lorenzo and the rest of his crew, we decided... More

If you travel off season, like me, you will appreciate hotels who receive travelers year round, and you will accept certain problems...like renovations, or heating problems (that don't apply in summer). Giuseppe Colello runs the hostel, his brother Amerigo runs La Rotonda sul Mare apartments, and they have a restaurant in Forio (open only in summer). My timing was bad... More

I happened to be in ischia for a yoga retreat, arrived there with no idea of where to stay...(no reservation), they managed to get me a bed!! Very nice staff and met the family of the owners .. ended up staying wit them for 10 days, they have a nice restaurant to which they will shuttle people in the evening... More

I´ve been visiting the ring hostel in forio, ischia with my sister 2 month ago. We heard that ischia is one of the most beautiful islands in italy. There is for example a facinating place called ST.ANGELLO. You can go there by bus from forio (25 mins from the hostel). This view from the top of ischia was just stunning.... More

Whenever you decide to visit the most beautiful island ever, Ischia, the Ring hostel is the place to stay if you like to: have fun, meet new people, good breakfast (with milk, cereals, bread with jams/nutella, croissants, juices, coffee/tea/hot chocolate, fruits), rooms that are cleaned daily, a big communal room, computers with free internet, table football (!), TV with DVD's,... More

I can not understand how it is possible to leave so dirty a hostel built within an old monastry. The location is amaizing (centre of Forio with a superb view on the mountain) but it is very dirty. A paper tells to backpackers to clean behind them, that the staff is not our parents... They should understand that basics in... More

bathrooms are filthy, broken shower stalls, muddy flooded floors, no airflow. No one ever bothered to fix the backed up stinky water from one clogged shower. Rude employee running the counter. Seems like if you arent a hot young girl then you get no help from the "brother". Brochure made it seems much nicer than it really is. pretty crappy.... More