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Vacation in Calabria  -  Calabria Vacations.

The Calabria Region is divided into five provinces : Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio di Calabria and Vibo Valentia.

Cities: Cosenza, Crotone and Vibo Valentia. 

In the extreme south west of Italy, washed by the Tyrrhenian and lonian Sea, Calabria occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. It is bounded in the north by the region of Basilicata, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. Calabria faces the island of Sicily across the Strait of Messina.

Calabria is an essentially mountainous region, with a high central Apennine ridge, which crosses it lengthwise. The mountain slopes are overgrown with thick woods. The coastlines present landscapes of wild beauty.

Capital City of Calabria: Catanzaro


camping and caravanning, car hire, hostels, hotels, rental homes, tour operators, travel guides, transport / traveling to calabria

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Camping and Caravanning

 Eurocampings  -  ACSI Camping Guide

 Camping.it  -  Camp sites Calabria
Catanzaro - Cosenza - Crotone - Reggio Calabria - Vibo Valentia

Car Rental Calabria

 Avis
 Budget Rent A Car
 Hertz

Rental Homes Calabria / Apartments

 NonSoloCasa  -  Rental homes in Southern Italy

 Interhome  -  specialists in vacations rentals
Offers quality apartments or houses. All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

More Holiday Homes? See the Page Holiday Homes

Hostels / Country Inns

 Hostelbookers.com  -  Great Hostels, Free booking
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Ostelli online  -  Italian Youth Hostels Association
 Agriturismo.net  -  Farmhouse accommodations / Country Inns

Hotel Room Calabria

 Booking - Hotels in Calabria  -  Hotel Guide Calabria
Hotels in Tropea, Briatico, Parghelia, Roccella Ionica, Ricadi, Amantea, Nicastro, Villa San Giovanni, Acquappesa, Taureana, Capo Vaticano, Cosenza, and more

More Hotels? See Hotels

National Parks

In the heart of the Mediterranean, between the sea and the mountains, with a mild climate thanks to the sea, the province territory is characterised by thick chestnut tree, beech, holm oax and white fir tree forests, that alternate with olive and grape groves, secular fiumare and overhanging coasts covered in ferns, brooms, arbutus, myrtles, oleanders and prickly pears.
The coastline that goes from Villa S. Giovanni to Gioiosa Ionica presents the natural habitat for bergamot cultivation. The territory's fauna presents different species of birds, and amongst them we find the black woodpecker, the great eagle, the harrier eagle and the pecchiaiolo hawk, also called adorno, that in springtime crosses the Messina Strait from Africa to procreate in Europe.

 Parco Nazionale della Calabria

 Park.it  -  Italian Park Portal
National Parks, Regional Parks, Marine Protected Areas, National Reserves, Regional Reserves, Wetlands and Other Protected Areas.

Tour Operators / Travel Agents



Travel Guides Calabria / Related books

 Old Calabira  -  Norman Douglas
Among the finest books of travel in the English language, Old Calabria is Norman Douglas' account of his visits to the wild country of southern Italy in the early years of the twentieth century
Then, as now, Calabria was relatively ignored by traditional tourists. But Norman Douglas, the unrepentant pagan, was no traditional tourist. With his inexhaustible fund of erudition, wit and elegant literary style he conducts the reader from the promontory of Gargano to the tip of Aspromonte; through the influences of its many invaders - Greek colonists, Norman feudal lords, Spaniards and Angevins until its absorption into the corrupt Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Delicate, allusive, urbane and civilized, it is recognized as a classic for its vivid evocation of the life, language, history and customs of Europe's most colourful extremity. Its literary quality puts it in a class of its own.
Paperback 384 pages (June 21, 2001); Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson history; Language: English; ISBN: 1842124609.
 Stolen Figs, and Other Adventures in Calabria - Mark Rotella
Experience the adventure of exploring one's family roots in a small village in southern Italy: taste the food, kiss the relatives, explore the terrain, climb the mountains, visit the castles, learn the history (Greeks, Bruttians, Romans, Visigoth conquests) ... The village, Gimigilano, is located in Calabria, the region that looks like the foot on a map of Italy, which everyone knows resembles a boot. The author, Mark Rotella, describes his very *first* visit to this village with his father and later subsequent visits either alone or with his wife, who is of Engish and Dutch heritage. He captivates the reader with descriptions of nostalgia and heart-felt longing when he emotionally connects to the traditions, customs and life of the village. He is befriended by Giuseppe, a photographer, who produces postcards that he sells to regional shops and businesses. Giuseppe becomes his personal driver and tour guide to Calabria ...
Hardcover 320 pages; Publisher: North Point Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0865476276
 Southern Italy Insight Guide 
This guide includes a section detailing the history of Southern Italy, from the days of the Greeks and Romans to modern times, 12 features covering aspects of the region's life and culture, ranging from the Mafia to music and more. It has a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of photographs and 12 maps.
Paperback 300 pages (July 25, 2002); Publisher: Insight Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 9812349081.
 A Traveller in Southern Italy - H.V. Morton
When the Autostrade del Sole extended south from Naples to the Reggio di Calabria, H.V. Morton seized the chance to explore a part of Italy that was comparatively unknown. He went from the "heel" to the "toe" of Italy and explored the undeveloped rivers of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coastlines, met local peoples and learned about their traditions and folklore, and discovered an Italy not previously exposed to travellers.
Paperback 432 pages (January 10, 2002); Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd. Language: English; ISBN: 0413522105.

Fodor's Italy 
Paperback: 944 pages; Publisher: Fodor's (September 12, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1400016891
The Rough Guide to Italy
Paperback: 1200 pages; Publisher: Rough Guides; 8 edition (July 2, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1843538555; ISBN-13: 978-1843538554
Frommer's Italy - by Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)
Paperback: 832 pages; Publisher: Frommer's (August 28, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-0471962236

Transportation / How do I travel to Calabria

 Crotone Airport [ CRV ] - Aeroporto di Crotone-Sant'Anna
 Lamezia Airport - Aeroporto di Lamezia-Sant'Eufemia [ SUF ] - not far from Catanzaro
 Stretto - Aeroporto dello Stretto [ REG ]
Alitalia: voli di linea da/per Roma Fiumicino e Milano Linate and Air One: voli di linea da/per Milano Linate ??
 Airport of Naples [ Napels International Airport ]

www.austrianair.com  - Flight tickets Italy

 Alitalia USA - Flights to Lamezia

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Trenitalia - Italian Railways

 Ma-Re-Si 
Operates an all year round scheduled service between the ports of Valletta (Malta), Catania (Sicily) and Reggio Calabria (Italy).

 Autostrade
 Online map Calabria [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ].

 Weather in Calabria 


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 Travel Insurance

Seen from the plane the province of Reggio Calabria, extreme tip of the italian boot, looks like an enormous mountain caressed by the sea.
Aspromonte, between Palmi and Capo Zefiro, south from Locri, touches the sea with its spurs, that become sea-depths of evocative colours; in the north it embraces from one side the Piana di Gioia Tauro, with its ample terraces that descend green in olive and orange groves between S. Cristina and Delianuova, and from the other side it stretches out into the crest of Melia, that grows like a long arm to the borders of Vibo Valentia's Province. Aspromonte is the main character of the province: it dominates most of the territory and, thanks to the National Park it's still a guardian of great forests, and of torrents that fall down hill with evocative waterfalls to become lakes, or to disappear into streams. But also the sea is everywhere, with its charm, its colours and its lights. Long and warm beaches delineate its coastlines, opening towards the so close Sicily and the great Etna, that are a completing part to the landscape, and that are visible from the first part of the ionic coast, from the Viola Coast, from Palmi and from Aspromonte.
The province is rich with contraddictions, the colours are both violent and delicate: the purple of the Tyrrhenian sea, the pale blue of the Ionian, the deep green of the moors on the rocky slopes of Scilla and Bagnara, and the green of the orange groves which is everywhere on the plains. And then the smells: the sweet jasmine of the ionic coast, the strong oregano along the cliffs that overlook the mountains, an unbelievable quantity of medicinal herbs, the smell of the sea, full of balmy moistures that mix together, along the seascape, with the bittersweet smell of citrus fruits and bergamot, that bears fruit only in this territory, or the smell of the oil of just pressed olives.

 Catanzaro - Capital City of Calabria

 Catanzaro - Provincia di Catanzaro
 Cosenza - Provincia di Cosenza
 Crotone - Provincia di Crotone
Crotone, Ciro Marina, Cotronei, Crucoli, Cutro, Isola Capo Rizzuto, Pallagorio, Santa Severina, Savelli, Strongoli, Melissa
 Reggio Calabria - Province of Reggio Calabria Tourism
 Vibo Valentina - Provincia Vibo Valentia

 Altomonte - Comune di Altomonte
 Crotone - Comune di Crotone 
 Gerace - Comune di Gerace 
Near Locri, is a beautiful medieval city, with a norman castle, an ancient Cathedral, etc.
 Gioia Tauro (RC) - sea port
 Reggio Calabria - Comune di Reggio Calabria - sea port
 Ricadi - situato sul golfo di Sant'Eufemia
 Siderno - Comune di Siderno - on the Ionian Sea coast
 Soverato - Cittá di Soverato - situata sulla costa ionica a sud di Catanzaro
 Stilo - Comune di Stilo
The home of Tommaso Campanella, with a Norman castle and a beautiful Byzantine church, the Cattolica
 Tropea - Tyrrhenian Sea coast
A beautiful town, with a nice seaside, renowned for its sweet red onions [ mainly produced in Ricadi ].
 Vibo Valentia - sea port
Vibo Valentia was originally the Greek colony of Hipponion. It was founded, probably around the late 7th century BC, by inhabitants of Locri, a principal city of the Italian Magna Graecia, located to the west of Vibo Valentia on the Ionian Sea.
 Villa San Giovanni (RC) - Comune di Villa San Giovanni -  sea port

 Bivongi - see Bivongi.com
 Canolo
 Capo Spuligo - una perla nel mar Ionio
 Capo Vaticano - see Capovaticanoonline.it
The coastline of Capo Vaticano stretches from the Bay of Riaci to that of S. Maria. Nearby lies the mythical beach of Torre Ruffa steeped in legend and history. Underneath the extreme tip of the promontory run little beaches, the biggest of which is Praia del Fuoco divided by huge crags which rise out of the waters and reach up to the sky almost to the height of the Cape.
 Cerchiara di Calab
 Ciro
 Civita
 Corigliano
 Cosenza
 Cropalati
 Isola di Dino
 Lamezia Terme
 Longobucco
 Nicotera
 Pizzo
 Rosarno
 S. Maria d. Armi
 Sambiase
 Schiavonea
 Scilla
 Sibari
 Sila Grande
 Trebisace

 University of Calabria - Università della Calabria [ Rende ]  
 University Catanzaro - Università degli Studi Magna Grecia di Catanzaro [ Catanzaro ].
 University Reggio - Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria [ Reggio Calabria ].

Cuisine - Italian Cooking

The characteristic ingredient of the reggina cooking is chilli, which has been used by the imagination of many producers to create many new products that are now mixed with the traditional ones.
Pork products (soppressata, capicollo, filetti, 'nduja), traditional cheese, the "rosamarina", also known as "the caviar of the South" (spicy new-born sardines), and extra virgin olive oil are the winning tickets for those who are hard to please. Not to forget the unique art of the preserves, thanks to which the products of nature (tomato sauce, mushrooms, aubergines, tuna and many more products), picked and preserved are able to keep the garden scents and the colours of the passed seasons intact.

 Vetrine di Calabria - Calabrian products
retaurants, wine farms, olive oil farms, typical products; and more.

  Cucina Di Calabria: Treasured Recipes and Family Traditions from Southern Italy (Cookbooks)  
Mary Amabile Palmer
Paperback 320 pages (March 2004); Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Language: English; ISBN: 0781810507.

  The Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking  - Marcella Hazan
This book includes recipes from the author's two previous books on Italian cooking, as well as more than 50 new ones, and incorporates advice on the use of kitchen equipment and ingredients.
Paperback 736 pages (July 7, 1995); Publisher: Macmillan; Language: English; ISBN: 0333570529.
 Mangiare Bene
The English version of the most popular Italian internet recipe archive and guide to Italian cooking; traditional, regional, innovative Mediterranean cuisine.
Culinary Academy [ Easy, affordable, tasty dishes / Recipes galore / Snacks, breads, appetizers / Express pasta recipes and regional specialities ], Great Chefs [ dishes from Italy's best chefs ], Aphrodisiac recipes, Basic tools for Italian cuisine [ making pasta at home, The Italian Pantry, The Glossary, Weights and Temperatures, Wine & co and All about italian wine ].

History

 History of Calabria - WikipediA

 Institute and Museum of the history of science

Music, Culture & Entertainment

The artistic heritage of Reggio Calabria's province reflects its historical events and guards priceless treasures of prehistorical times and Magna Graecia's culture. Many places still witness the culture of this land , like the byzantine –norman spirituality, S.Giovanni Terrestì Basilica in Bivongi or Gerace's Cathedral, or some private buildings, like Villa Caristo in Stignano, built in the XVIII century, Villa Palizzi in Casignana, which still presents an untouched floor mosaic, and Villa del Naniglio in Gioiosa Jonica.

 Homepage della Musica in Italia
Istituzioni, Documentazione & Servizi, Persone, Utilità, Generi musicali, Territorio, Eventi temporanei, Altri siti musicali, Siti musicali nel mondo.
 Italianissima  -  musica italiana, canzoni italiane, testi, midi, mp3, cantanti, orchestre
 Musei Online  -  search by category / search by geographical data

Web Portal / Italian Search Engine / Directory

 Calabriaonline.com 
 Kaulon  -  Calabria Portal
 quiCalabri  -  Your Calabria Guide
 Top Calabria Links
 Tropeaonline.it
Tropea is one of the most beautiful towns in Calabria lies along the south Tyrrhenian coast.
Austere and majestic, Tropea rises out of the promontory of Monte Poro which lies between the two gulfs of Sant'Eufemia and Gioia. It overlooks a mirror-like sky-blue, crystal-clear sea, with its incredible rocks: "La Pizzuta", "Formicoli", "San Leonardo" and "Isola Bella".
The wild, white, sandy beaches which snake their way into little grottoes and creeks are interrupted by valleys and fertile, rippling hills full of fruit and citrus fruit trees, onion and vegetable fields, lime trees, bougainvillaea, verbena, jasmine and other sweet-smelling Mediterranean plants.
 Tropea
Holidays in Briatico, Capo Vaticano, Drapia, Nicotera, Tropea, Joppolo, Vibo Valentia, Zambrone, Parghelia und Pizzo Calabro
 WAP Regione Calabria

 Ariana Ricerca  -  italian search engine
 Cerca  -  search engine
 Italian Cultural Institute Washington
 Vergilio

 I Borghi più belli d'Italia

 Google.it
 Yellow Guide Italy  -  Yellow Pages
 Telephone Guide Italy


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