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Lying at the western end of the Bay of Naples — reached by ferry or hydrofoil from Naples and Pozzuoli — the island has won the overwhelming favor of German and Scandinavian tourists and package tours in the summer, thanks to thermal springs, fine sandy beaches, and good facilities for watersports.
In response to the letter from Mrs. Maughan S. Mason [XXI, 4, 17] regarding the odor emanating from Pozzuoli (Naples), I did not know there was a refinery there, but I do know that it's a sulfur area (probably a bath in ancient times), and it does smell to high heaven.
Years later I read that the expression comes from the first two letters of Puteoli (Pozzuoli), near Naples, whose refineries produced such a stench in ancient times that seamen entering the Bay of Naples could smell the town long before they set eyes on it.
I know: during WWII I was stationed in Naples and we would go to Pozzuoli.