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About Calabria

Calabria is the most southern province of Italy's mainland. With it's 750 km long coast it offers long, sandy and mostly completely empty beaches. In Calabria you can enjoy the authentic, unspoilt southern Italy and in many villages time has stood still and life is very quiet and tranquil.

From coast to coast it's only 40 kilometers and to cross the mountains is an exceptional experience. The roads are good and safe and you can enjoy the vast unspoiled nature, the medioeval towns and maybe stop and have a different kind of lunch at a rustic farmhouse before arriving at the other coast for a cooling swim.

From the whole eastern coast of Calabria you can see the Aeolian islands laying in the azur blue sea. Boats go daily to those magnificient volcanic islands (still active!) and you can visit Stromboli for a warm dip in a geiser, something rumoured to have very positive effects on our bodies. It was on Stromboli that Ingrid Bergman is rumoured to have had her love affair with Marcello Mastroianni and it's romantic views are still a fantastic experience for the people visiting the island.

On the western coast you will also find Tropea, one of the most well known villages in Calabria. It's clinging on a rock above the sea and has panoramic views of the Mediterranean sea and the Aeolian islands. Small cosy restaurants, bars and shops make it a popular destination for visitors.

The ancient town of Pizzo is another special place worth visiting. Like Tropea, Pizzo is full of dwindling alleys, cosy small streets with restaurants and bars. The Tartufo icecream, famous and loved all over Italy, originated here and in many cafes you can enjoy this delicacy whilst watching life pass by in this small town. The town is a favourite destination for the surrounding towns and offers many good restaurants and the Marina is very lively 'till the small hours because of it's beautifully themed cocktail bars.

Just outside Pizzo an amazing church, carved out in a cliff, lays on the beach overlooking the sea. It's called Piedegrotta and was built in memory of the sailors who miracously survived when their boat sank hundreds of years ago. The church is filled with statues, saints plus some surprising caracters such as Fidel Castro and John F. Kennedy and it's is a well visited church still today among the locals.

The massive Aspromonte mountain range is accessible by small roads and here you will feel the mystique from old times. Abandoned villages, impressive nature and the secrets of this mountain are all something that makes it a very special visit! A beautiful place to visit here is Pentadattilo (five fingers in latin), a small village perched on the cliffs that make it look like a hand, now abandoned but looked after by some local artists.

On the eastern (Ioninan) coast, the pretty towns are located in the hills and mountains a few kilometers inland. The coastal towns were built in the past few hundred years when the coastlines had turned safe from invaders and us such are not particularly interesting. One exception is Roccella: it's recently restored medieval castle dominates the views and the town has a lively townsquare and boulevard. You can find many old towns worth a visit such as Gerace, Placanica, Stilo and San Severina. Here time has stood still, or so it seems, for many hundreds of years. It is this tranquillity that has attraced a number of non-Italians to purchase old townhouses for use in summerholidays. The beaches on the eastern coast are many kilometers long and empty.

Calabrian cuisine is very tasty and rich with lots of locally grown produce such as fresh vegetables, fresh fish, local pasta dishes, lots of local antipasti made of aubergines, zucchini, olives, different cheeses and meat. Often the antipasti is so filling that the maincourse will have to wait a while – the reason Italian dinners last longer! The locally produced wines are excellent and offers quite a selection of both reds and whites. After dinner a digestivo, to help the digestion, is recommended. Many local digestivi are being offered, all made with local herbs and spices. Another classic after dinner drink is the limoncello, made of lemons and wonderfully fresh in taste on a hot summer's evening.

Map of Calabria