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Film lovers’ Procida

Il Postino by Michael Radford was shot here in 1994, and Elsa Morante’s L’isola di Arturo is set here. What is left of the places today, without overstating it.

Museums

The horseshoe bay of the Pozzo Vecchio, the set of Il Postino
Free admission

Pozzo Vecchio Beach

The bay where Troisi recited Neruda: small, horseshoe-shaped, in the middle of open country. A short but steep descent and almost no shade.

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Neighbourhoods

The pastel houses of Marina Corricella with the fishermen’s boats, Procida

Marina Corricella

The oldest fishing village on the island, an amphitheatre of pastel houses on the water: no cars, four stairways to come down and the tables on the quay.

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Hotels

The pastel houses of Procida seen from above, with the dome of the Madonna delle Grazie

Hotel La Corricella

Nine rooms looking over the fishermen’s village, with an in-house restaurant and a 24-hour reception. You get there only on foot, by the steps: it is not for everybody.

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Festivals & events

The harbour at Marina Grande, where the ferries and hydrofoils dock in ProcidaIn June, for about five days

The literary festival that writes the island’s people

Procida Racconta

Free

Six authors spend days on the island, each gathers the story of one Procidan and turns it into a short story, read in public in front of the real person.

In June: the dates of the next edition have not been published yet

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Guides

The horseshoe bay of Pozzo Vecchio, Procida

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The Il Postino locations in Procida

The locations of the 1994 film with Massimo Troisi and Philippe Noiret: where you actually go, how you get there and which attributions do not survive a check.

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