Near the border with Basilicata there is the town of Praia a Mare, with its crystal clear waters, from which the isle of Dino is to reach. Some miles away are worth a visit Diamante, with its half moon shaped sand beach, an open-air museum because of the many paintings made on the town walls by artists coming from all over the world since 1981; and Belvedere Marittimo, with the XI century castle.
Calabria is a land full of scents, flavours and traces of an ancient past. Travelling from the Tyrrhenian to the Ionian Sea, it is possible to visit the richest archaeological park of Calabria: the Locri Epizephyrii, with great monuments of the Magna Graecia, such as the Sanctuary of Masarŕ, the temple of Marafioti and the Greek-Roman theatre of the V-III century B.C. On an highland is also Roccella Jonica, which commands the view on the Ionian Sea from the slopes of Aspromonte. Over the town itself dominates the Angevin Castle of Carafa, hosting each August the Roccella Jazz Festival. In the province of Crotone there are two important cultural centres: the Archaeological Museum of Capo Colonna and the Antiquarium in Torre Nao, a Medieval tower keeping many underwater archaeological finds from the waters of Capo Colonna. Le Castella is both a touristic and cultural destination, whose fortress Aragonese extends over the sea. The tourist port is equipped for all boot arts.
From the fascination of history to the charm of the little towns on the coast. Pizzo Calabro, one of the most renowned and picturesque of the Costa degli Dei (Gods’ Coast), which still today has the look of a seafaring town, with narrow lanes enlarging in small yards, balconies viewing the sea, sand beaches and cliffs. The old town of Tropea, the “Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea”, is set on a terrace falling straight down to the sea; in front of it is the little isle on which lays the old Benedictine sanctuary of S. Maria dell’Isola, the symbol of Tropea.
Travelling along the Tyrrhenian Coast towards the south one meets many mesmerizing places, among which not to miss is Scilla, with the old town on the top of the promontory Scillčo, in the centre of which rise the castle of the Ruffos, dividing the town into two bays and a terrace, these three forming the main quarters of the town: Chianalea, Marina Grande and San Giorgio.
Chianalea, as “Venice of Southern Italy” renowned, is a typical fishing village viewing the sea. In it there are foreshortenings of houses seeming to float on water, boats, flights of steps and fountains, among those the great fountain dug into the rock.
Reggio Calabria, the most southern province of Calabria, was in the ancient times one of the most flourishing towns of the Magna Graecia; its National Archaelogical Museum boasts the presence of exceptional bronze sculptures, among those the celebrated Hellenic Bronzi of Riace, of the VIII century B.C.
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