A serrated hunk of volcanic rock that's the smallest and nearest island to Naples, Prócida has managed to fend off the kind of tourist numbers that have flooded into Cápri and Ischia. It lacks the spectacle, or variety, of both islands, though it compensates with extra room and extra peace. With a population of just 10,000, the island has few real population centres, its main town, MARINA GRANDE - where you arrive by ferry - a slightly run-down but picture... [More]