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Calabria Sea - Mountains - Nature
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Enrico Massetti
Often called the Switzerland of the South, Calabria covers the mountainous toe of Italy. Here one finds the most beautiful forests and the hillsides covered with the white leaves of ancient olive trees.
Traveling between the Calabrian mountains, you are in a region bounded by two seas of approximately eight hundred kilometers coasts in an extraordinary land of outstanding beauty.
For this configuration, incalculable views are present. Nevertheless, nature has a plot magnificently, the lines that talent and human work must follow, or art efforts can improve.
The guide describes Calabria's 800 km of pristine coastline in detail, as well as the nature parks and reserves. In addition, it includes the Sports available.
This guide also leads you in a drive in Calabria, starting from Maratea and then going to Papasidero, Cosenza, the Sila mountains, Crotone, Pizzo Calabro, Tropea and Capo Vaticano, Locri, Pentedattilo, to end up in Reggio Calabria.
It includes info on regional food.
Author Enrico Massetti
Language English
Publisher Massetti Publishing Washington DC. USA
GERMAN
Table of content
Enrico Massetti 1
Table of content i
Calabria 1
Calabria villages 2
Bronzi di Riace 4
Coasts and Beaches 5
The Ionic Coast 6
The Coast of Achaeans 6
Sybaris 7
Rocca Imperiale 8
Roseto Capo Spulico 9
Sybaris 10
The Saracens Coast 11
Cirò Marina 12
Capo Colonna 13
Isola di Capo Rizzuto 14
The Oranges Coast 15
The Squillace Gulf 15
Copanello 16
Caminia of Staletti 17
Pietragrande 18
Soverato 19
Badolato Marina 20
The Jasmine Coast 21
Tyrrhenian sea 23
The Cedars Coast 24
San Lucido 24
Amantea 25
San Bernardino da Siena in Amantea - Emanuele Santoro CC BY-SA 4.0 25
Villages overlooking the sea - Belmonte Calabro 26
Longobardi 27
Fiumefreddo 27
Praia a Mare 28
Scalea 29
Diamante 30
Isca blue oasis 31
The Gods Coast 32
Pizzo Calabro 33
Tropea 34
Capo Vaticano 35
The Purple Coast 36
Bagnara Calabra 37
Scilla 39
NATURE 40
Pollino 41
Wild Spirit 41
Wildlife reserve of Pollino Valley of “Raganello.” 42
Main Sites 43
Events 44
Things to Taste 44
Valley of Lao 44
Main Sites 45
Events 45
Argentinian Valley 45
The Sila 46
Main Sites - Taverna 47
Villaggio Mancuso 47
Racise 47
Longobucco 48
San Giovanni in Fiore 48
Aspromonte 49
Main Sites - Pentedattilo 51
Bova 51
Galliciano 51
Gerace 51
Stilo 52
Monasteries 52
The Serre Regional Nature Park 53
History and Spirituality 53
Cultural and natural attractions - Riace 54
Ecomuseum of the ironworks foundries 54
Ferdinandea 54
Marine area “Capo Rizzuto” - Crotone 55
Mediterranean Biodiversity Park-Catanzaro 56
Nature Reserves of Tarsia Lake and the Crati River 57
Regional Marine Parks 58
Marine Park “Riviera dei Cedri” (Coast of the Cedars) 58
Regional Marine Park “Coast of Jasmines” 59
Regional Marine Park “Soverato Bay” 59
Regional Marine Park “Coast of the Gods” 60
Regional Marine Park “Isca Rocks” 60
Sport and adventure 62
Hydro speed 62
Hot Dog 62
Rafting 63
Canyoning 63
Climbing 64
Potholing 64
Banchismo 65
Basic sports 65
Seawater sports 66
Sport Fishing 66
Diving 67
Air sports 67
One-week drive in Calabria 68
The two seas: Maratea and the Tyrrhenian coast 68
Maratea and the Tyrrhenian coast 69
Maratea 70
Maratea seacoast 71
Where to eat in Maratea 71
The village of Papasidero and its findings 73
Romito Paleolithic cave, rock-engraving, and burials 75
Cosenza 76
Cosenza, a bit of history 77
The Castle and the Cathedral 78
Where to eat in Cosenza 78
The Sila 80
The Sila Park 81
Crotone 82
Where to eat in Crotone 84
Pizzo Calabro 85
Pizzo Calabro – history 86
Pizzo Calabro – art 87
Where to eat in Pizzo Calabro 87
Tropea – Capo Vaticano 89
Capo Vaticano 90
Where to eat in Tropea 91
Locri 92
'Ndrangheta hotbed 94
Where to eat in Locri 94
Reggio Calabria 96
Bronzi di Riace 98
Where to eat in Reggio Calabria 98
Pentedattilo 100
How to get to Calabria 102
Calabria Food & Recipes 104
Calabria Recipes 105
Typical food from Calabria includes 105
Other tourism guides 107
books-on-italy.com 107
The Author 107
Things to Know 108
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