A Guide to Calabria
The region of Calabria is divided into the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia. Get to know the region better.
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Plan where to go in Calabria
Follow our links in this section to find out more about the culture, history and gastronomy of Calabria to organise your independent visit.
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Ancient people of Italy
Calabria was one of the first regions the ancient Greeks colonised
Rough and tough history of Calabria
From Brutium through corruption, vicious feuds, invasions, social decline, famine rags and brigands.
Schoolboy history of Calabria
A refined history of the region
Ancient history of Reggio Calabria
Geographical facts, prehistoric occupation, the Magna Grecia, Byzantine culutre and growing tourism.
Geographical history of Calabria, Prehistoric history of Calabria, Modern history of Calabria
Finish off the history lesson
Province of REGGIO CALABRIA
The road soputh
Facts an figures to make you think before setting off on the long drive towards Reggio.
First tribes of Italy
A fascinating history of the original inhabitants of south Italy
Calabresi dialect
Fabulous words and phrases to insult your friends and family
Calabrese suspicion
The Calabrese have every reason to be suspicious, but you need to know who your long term friends are
Aspromonte mountains
One of the finest protected regional parks in Italy
Calabrian tarantella dance
The mystical tarantella dance and its social significance in Calabria.
Province of COSENZA
Towns of the Pollino
Calabria is a region where no inhabited area has more than 250,000 people.
Saracena or Saraceno
A reader seeks information about the town of Saracena and the nearby Park of Pollino.
Cariati
A low key summer resort to watch the birds migrating from Africa.
Mountain community of the Alto Jonio
the area is full of the left overs from all the centuries that followed.
Alto Jonio Cosentino
The closed communities of the Basilicata border kept themselves to themselves.
Calabruzi traditional Calabria music
Traditional Calabrian music and dance performed with original material by 'The Calabruzi' from Lamezia.
Casanova in Calabria
How to lose friends and not influence people. The great womanizer lets his tongue do the talking.
Province of CROTONE
Old Kroton
The story of the Magna Grecia started in Crotone and many people have passed by since.
Province of VIBO VALENTIA
Tropea,
Old Tropea is believed to be have been founded by Hercules but Roger the Norman certainly ruled there.
Vibo Valentia
Vibo Valentia has a past of Norman castles and Roman baths and a present of a spectacular Easter Week.
Palio of Diana
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold and they remember this antipasta every September.
Burning camel festival
The Camjuzzo i Focu is an explosion of fireworks and catherine wheels to remember the Battle of Lepanto.
Province of CATANZARO
Catanzaro Coast
Visitors can have the pleasure of seeing both the Ionian and 'Tirreno' seas in a single afternoon.
Gulf of Squillace
There is a lot in common between the Gulf of Squillace and Trentino Alto Adige believe it or not. |
