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2 Day: Scilla - Chianalea - Reggio Calabria (125 Curiosity: Lokroi, Greek colony founded by some
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km) Greek refugees in the end of the VIII century BC ,
On the footprints of Ulisse A panoramic visit of Scilla, an antique village of homeland of Zaleuco, first legislator in the West-
5 days fisherman dominated by the Castle of Ruffo, at ern world and of Nosside, sweet and lovely poet.
which feet you can see Chianalea, which hous-
es are built right on the rocks, and are separated 4th Day: Sila - Matera (415 km)
by very thight small streets that are taking a way Departure to the big Italian forest, in the biggest
1 Day: Serra San Bruno - Pizzo (42 km ) right to the Tyrrhenian Sea which from above plateau of Europe, Sila: amply forests of beeches,
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Serra San Bruno is a spiritual locality, artisan and seem like the Venetian canals. One magical at- pines, firs and holm oalks. It extends on a terri-
agricultural of the Calabrian mountains. Between mosphere, that earned her entry in the most tory of 19 communities of 3 Calabrian provinc-
Sila and Aspromonte, it conserves untouched beautiful Villages of Italy. We continue to Reggio es (Cosenza, Catanzaro and Crotone), on total
the structures from the eighteenth-century of Calabria and visit to the National Archeological 73.695 hectares.
its own palaces and refers to the Alpine localities Museum where are kept the famous bronzes of To taste: one of the typical dishes of this place:
thanks to its thick woods of pines and firs of its Riace. In the end a walk along the seaside of the the “mpanata”, a soup made with ricotta, a whey
thousands-years old forest. Visit of the Abbey, city. Dinner and overnight. of milk still hot and peaces of hard bread. It was
that praises a thousand-years old history, and it is Religious Tour: The Basilica of Maria SS of the the typical dish of the shepherds, who were con-
the first Cartusian convent in Italy. Because of its Consolation (the patron and protector of Reggio suming it before “di’mmiàre”, start the flock to Business Proposals in Calabria
big historic religious interest, the charterhouse is Calabria) is a place of pilgrimage. The veneration pasture. It has been consummated with wood
an object of the very rigid monastery rule of the came up in 1577, during the plague. The Madon- spoons, drawing all from the same cup.
seclusion. The only way of connection with the na of the Consolation showed up to one Capu- We proceed to Matera. Dinner and overnight.
“real world” is its museum. chin monk to announce the end of the epidemic.
5 Day: Matera - Metaponto (50 km)
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Curiosity: the houses of the populated area are 3 Day: Gerace - Locri (105 km) Visit of Matera, one of the most antique cities in
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characterized by gates of worked granite, carved Departure for Gerace, al elegant medieval village the world which territory guard’s testimonies of
wooden loggias and wrought iron railings, work between the first uplands of Locride, which cen- human colonies beginning from the paleolithic. It
of artisan localities which praise an antique tra- tre conserves a very rich historic-artistic patrimo- is the city of Stones, completely dug into the tuff
dition. We proceed to Pizzo Calabro, an amazing ny. Visit to one ceramic laboratory. and declared for a Patrimony of the Humanity. In
locality where, according to the tradition, there the afternoon a route to Metaponto. Visit of the
is Ulisse. Curiosity: Gerace comes from Greek and means Archeological Museum and the Tavole Palatine
“sparrowhawk”. According to the legend, one Temple.
One panoramic walk and a visit to the Church of sparrowhawk pointed the exact place for build-
Piedigrotta, sunked in one tuff cave by Neapoli- ing the village, far away from the attacks of the Curiosity: its name means “beyond the sea”,
tan sailors escaped from a shipwreck. Dinner and Saracens from the sea. Metaponto became one of the most important
overnight. colonies of Great Greece.
A visit to the museum and the archeological area
Curiosity: the picturesque village of Pizzo has of Locri, an antique Greek colony and a pillar from
also historic ice-cream tradition, so it is known the Calabrian archeology. Dinner and overnight.
like “city of the ice-cream” too.

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Bronzi di RIace - Riace’s Bronzes
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