Merkel has spa treatment, massage on Ischia

German chancellor habituee' of Naples bay island

(ANSA) - Ischia, April 14 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel had spa treatment and a massage during her annual Easter visit to the Naples bay island of Ischia Monday. Merkel and her husband, who got to Ischia on a tourist ferry Sunday, spent several hours in the Aphrodite spa before strolling a short way in warm spring sunshine to have a massage in a wellness centre. The chancellor has been spending her Easter break for years in the picturesque 'borgo' (hamlet) of Sant'Angelo in the centre of the famed isle, which is especially popular with German tourists. She paid a surprise visit to Pompeii on Sunday.