Itinerary · Editors’ pick · 5 stops
The Tyrrhenian coast, from Pizzo to Tropea
A castle, an ice cream, a hidden beach and the sanctuary on the rock.
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The guide to Calabria for visitors and locals: places, events, itineraries and what returns every year.
Beach · Vibo Valentia Capo Vaticano Photo: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Archaeology · Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria: the seafront and the Riace Bronzes Photo: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Abandoned places · Crotone Acerenthia Photo: Ferdinando Chiodo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Village · Vibo Valentia Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno Photo: GJo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Contents
Where do you want to start?
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Places
Villages, beaches and nature, with driving minutes.
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Itineraries
Ready-made routes, or create your own.
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Food and drink
What to order and what it’s called here.
- Events What’s on today, this weekend, this month.
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Experiences
Trekking, long walks and cycling, with the route mapped.
- Ask a Calabrian Answers from people who live here.
01 · Now
Today in Calabria
In season in November
- Chestnuts and mushrooms Sila and Aspromonte
- Olive harvest The whole region
- Bergamot harvest Ionian coast of Reggio
Coming up
02 · Calendar
The whole yearWhen to go, and what for
Pick a month and see what’s on: sea, nature, harvests and festivals.
January 3 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
- Snow on the Sila Sila plateau
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Harvests and food
- Bergamot harvest Ionian coast of Reggio
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Rites and festivals
- Nativity scenes and markets Villages across the region
February 2 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
- Snow on the Sila Sila plateau
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Harvests and food
- Bergamot harvest Ionian coast of Reggio
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
March 3 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
- Spring hikes Valli Cupe, Aspromonte, Pollino
- Snow on the Sila Sila plateau
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Harvests and food
Nothing special this month.
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Rites and festivals
- Holy Week rites The whole region
April 2 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
- Spring hikes Valli Cupe, Aspromonte, Pollino
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Harvests and food
Nothing special this month.
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Rites and festivals
- Holy Week rites The whole region
May 3 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
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Nature and mountains
- Spring hikes Valli Cupe, Aspromonte, Pollino
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Harvests and food
- Swordfish in the Strait Scilla and the Costa Viola
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
June 5 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
- Sea turtles on the beaches Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts
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Nature and mountains
- Spring hikes Valli Cupe, Aspromonte, Pollino
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Harvests and food
- Swordfish in the Strait Scilla and the Costa Viola
- Red onion of Tropea Tropea area
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
July 4 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
- Sea turtles on the beaches Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts
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Nature and mountains
Nothing special this month.
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Harvests and food
- Swordfish in the Strait Scilla and the Costa Viola
- Red onion of Tropea Tropea area
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
August 6 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
- Sea turtles on the beaches Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts
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Nature and mountains
Nothing special this month.
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Harvests and food
- Swordfish in the Strait Scilla and the Costa Viola
- Red onion of Tropea Tropea area
- Chilli pepper Upper Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza
- Figs of Cosenza Cosenza area
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
September 7 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
- Sea turtles on the beaches Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts
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Nature and mountains
Nothing special this month.
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Harvests and food
- Red onion of Tropea Tropea area
- Chilli pepper Upper Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza
- Figs of Cosenza Cosenza area
- Chestnuts and mushrooms Sila and Aspromonte
- Grape harvest Cirò area
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
October 6 good reasons to be there
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Sea
- Swimming in the Tyrrhenian Sea Tyrrhenian coast
- Sea turtles on the beaches Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts
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Nature and mountains
Nothing special this month.
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Harvests and food
- Chilli pepper Upper Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza
- Chestnuts and mushrooms Sila and Aspromonte
- Grape harvest Cirò area
- Olive harvest The whole region
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
November now 3 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
Nothing special this month.
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Harvests and food
- Chestnuts and mushrooms Sila and Aspromonte
- Olive harvest The whole region
- Bergamot harvest Ionian coast of Reggio
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Rites and festivals
Nothing special this month.
December 4 good reasons to be there
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Sea
Nothing special this month.
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Nature and mountains
- Snow on the Sila Sila plateau
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Harvests and food
- Olive harvest The whole region
- Bergamot harvest Ionian coast of Reggio
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Rites and festivals
- Nativity scenes and markets Villages across the region
Place to visit Abandoned place
Abandoned places
Crotone
Acerenthia
The ruins of old Cerenzia, left by its inhabitants in the nineteenth century.
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Nature
Cosenza
Sila plateau
Lakes, larch pines and quiet: Calabria’s mountains an hour from the sea.
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Beach
Archaeology
Crotone
Capo Colonna
A single Doric column still standing, a lighthouse and the Ionian Sea.
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Beach
Vibo Valentia
Capo Vaticano
The granite headland with the most photographed beaches of the Costa degli Dei.
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Village
Vibo Valentia
Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno
The charterhouse in the woods of the Serre, founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne.
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Village
Cosenza
Civita
An Arbëreshë village above the Raganello gorge, with the Devil’s Bridge.
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Village
Archaeology
Village
Crotone
Le Castella
An Aragonese fortress on an islet, tied to the land by a strip of sand.
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Abandoned places
Vibo Valentia
Old Papaglionti
An abandoned village among the olive trees, a few minutes from Zungri.
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Archaeology
Catanzaro
Scolacium Archaeological Park
A Roman town among the olive trees, a stone’s throw from the sea.
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Village
Vibo Valentia
Pizzo
The castle by the sea and the ice cream that made the town famous.
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Archaeology
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria: the seafront and the Riace Bronzes
The seafront on the Strait and the two bronze warriors that came from the sea.
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Abandoned places
Reggio Calabria
Old Roghudi
An empty village on a spur of rock, in the heart of Greek Aspromonte.
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Abandoned places
Cosenza
Ruins of Cirella
The ruins of a village on a headland, facing the island of Cirella.
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Beach
Catanzaro
Soverato
The wide, pale beach of the Ionian coast, with a seafront that comes alive in the evening.
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From the airports the minutes are those written on each page. From a town or from your position the ≈ sign marks an estimate, worked out from the straight-line distance.
- Pizzo Village 25 min 20 km
- Tiriolo Village 35 min 23 km
- Scolacium Archaeological Park Archaeology 35 min 32 km
- Old Papaglionti Abandoned places 50 min 36 km
- Zungri caves Archaeology 50 min 36 km
- Soverato Beach 50 min 36 km
- Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno Village 1 h 38 km
- Capo Vaticano Beach 1 h 05 48 km
- Le Castella Village 1 h 15 68 km
- Ruins of Cirella Abandoned places 1 h 20 97 km
- Sila plateau Nature 1 h 20 45 km
- Reggio Calabria: the seafront and the Riace Bronzes Archaeology 1 h 25 102 km
- Diamante Village 1 h 25 93 km
- Capo Colonna Archaeology 1 h 25 84 km
- Acerenthia Abandoned places 1 h 35 60 km
- Arcomagno Beach 1 h 40 112 km
- Civita Village 1 h 45 103 km
- Old Roghudi Abandoned places 2 h 30 99 km
Off the postcards
Abandoned and little-known places
04 · Itineraries
All itinerariesItineraries, hour by hour
With times, stops, costs and the minutes from one stop to the next.
4 stops · about €30 · Anyone who wants mountains and sea together
The Serre and the Costa degli Dei
A charterhouse among fir trees, a village in the rock and sunset over the sea
4 stops · about €30 · Anyone landing at Lamezia
Between two seas: Tiriolo, Scolacium and Soverato
From the mountain where you see two seas to a Roman town, and on to the beach
4 stops · about €40 · Families
The Marchesato: the column, the fortress and the stone ship
A Greek column, a fortress in the sea and a village on a crag
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05 · Food and drink
All entriesThe food dictionary
Read the menu like a local: what Calabrian dishes and products are, what they’re called and where they come from.
06 · Challenge of the month
The community challenge
Challenge in progress
November 2026 · Taste
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A dish you’ve never ordered
Pick something you don’t know from the food dictionary, try it and tell us about it.
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