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Travel guides to Calabria: coast, villages, museums, national parks, accommodation, transport and itineraries.

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What to Eat in Calabria: Pasta, ‘Nduja, Seafood and Regional Sweets

Calabrian food deserves a more careful introduction than the familiar equation of red chili, ‘nduja and everything ‘spicy.’ Calabria stretches from the Ionian to…
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Altomonte: Gothic Art, Medieval Streets and Slow Calabrian Food

Altomonte is one of Calabria’s most rewarding hill towns for travelers who want art and architecture without leaving the northern countryside. The village is…
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Civita: Arbëreshë Culture, Talking Houses and Raganello Safety

Civita is not just a gateway to a dramatic canyon. This small village in Calabria’s Pollino National Park is one of the most vivid…
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Morano Calabro: The Mountain Village Beneath the Pollino

Morano Calabro appears to be stacked rather than built. On a hillside at the edge of Pollino National Park, roofs, church towers and narrow…
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Vibo Valentia: Ancient Hipponion, Hilltop Castle and the Coast

Vibo Valentia is a rare Calabrian city where an ancient Greek colony, a medieval castle, a modern provincial center and the dramatic Tyrrhenian coastline…
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Scolacium Archaeological Park: Rome and the Norman Basilica

Scolacium is one of the most rewarding archaeological landscapes in southern Italy for travelers who want to see history in its physical setting rather…
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Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area: Beaches and Sea Rules

The Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area protects a substantial stretch of Ionian seascape around the province of Crotone. It is not a single beach,…
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San Giovanni in Fiore: The Florense Abbey and Sila Heritage

San Giovanni in Fiore stands in the Sila mountains and offers something more than a convenient overnight stop for forest excursions. Its most distinctive…
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Zungri’s Rock-Cut Village: Exploring the Grotte degli Sbariati

The rock-cut settlement at Zungri is among the most surprising excursions near Calabria’s Costa degli Dei. Travelers who know this part of the region…
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Ancient Kaulon at Monasterace: Mosaics and Greek Calabria

On Calabria’s Ionian coast, just inland from the beaches of Monasterace Marina, the archaeological landscape of ancient Kaulon tells a story that does not…
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Badolato: Medieval Lanes Above Calabria’s Ionian Sea

Badolato is easy to misunderstand if you see only the name on a map. One part of the municipality faces the Ionian Sea, where…
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Aspromonte National Park: Forests, Gambarie and Safe Hiking

Aspromonte occupies the southern end of Calabria’s mountainous spine, but it is not simply a continuation of the better-known Sila. In a relatively short…
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