Calabria: Unique Flavour – 8 days small group tour

Suggested airport to arrive Lamezia or Cosenza train station. Please make your way to the hotel (or ask us for a private transfer). Check-in and free time, Welcome dinner based on typical products. Accommodation in Cosenza.

After breakfast , at scheduled time meet the driver and your local guide to began a visit of the city of Cosenza.
Your tour will start from Corso Mazzini, the pedestrian street to discover the MAB, outdoor art gallery. Piazza dei Bruzi, and continue from here to “Cosenza Vecchia”, the historical and ancient part of the city, the medieval town. The Cathedral of the mid-century XVI, and 25 March square, where is the Teatro Rendano, dated 1909. Stop a local restaurant to eat typical lunch with the principal dishes of this town. In the evening, return to hotel, and accommodation in Cosenza

Breakfast in hotel, and later meeting with the driver and transfer to Camigliatello Silano. Free time to visit the nice village with beautiful and suggestive landscape of mountains and lakes. At fixed time lunch in a restaurant based on typical products. Return to the hotel, free time and accommodation in Cosenza.

After breakfast, meet at the hotel with the driver and departure towards “Costa degli Dei”. Arrival in Pizzo Calabro: free time to visit the ancient Castle, the “Castello Murat”. (n.i.), whose name comes from Gioacchino Murat, king of Naples, who died in Pizzo. Once exit from Castle, continue to the Piazza della Repubblica, to the Cathedral of San Giorgio Martire. Return to the “Piazzetta di Pizzo, which offers a breathtaking view of the gulf to Tropea and the Aeolian Islands. Stop to discover one of the culinary excellence of  Calabria’s food: the “Tartufo di Pizzo”, the first icecream with IGP seal, handmade, with a semi-spherical shape, made of hazelnut and a heart of dark chocolate. In the end, arrival at the hotel, check-in, dinner, and accommodation in the local area.

Breakfast in the Hotel and meeting with the driver departure to Tropea: meet your local guide and start to visit the “Tyrrhenian pearl”. From Porta Nuova and Corso V.Emanuele, arrival in Via Glorizio, where is the historical Palazzo Toraldo. Piazza Ercole, with the Santa Catarina church and San Giuseppe, till the Catedral of Maria Santissima di Romania, the Norman Cathedral. The viewpoints: Largo Villetta, Largo Migliarese and the sight of Sighs, with the famous view of Santa Maria dell’Isola, also called “Isolabella”. Stop for a tasting of Nduja, the typical spicy salami of Calabria, produced since centuries from humble origins, also called “Viagra of poors”. Return at the hotel and accommodation

After breakfast, breakfast at the hotel, at scheduled time meeting with the driver and departure to Reggio. Stop in Scilla to take free time in relax to visit the small town on the tirrenyan coast. A very beautiful place with a suggestive landscapes. Tasting of one of most iconycal product of this area: Swordfish sandwich (if available depending by seasonality). At the end continue on the road to Reggio Calabria. Check-in at the hotel and accommodation in Reggio.

After breakfast, meet with a local guide to begin a fantastic walking tour of Reggio Calabria. You’ll have time to walk in the centre of this gorgeous city on the «Stretto di Messina» and discover the living art sculpture on the seaside. Option to visit the Archeologic Museum of Reggio Calabria. Free time during the afternoon and accommodation in Reggio.

After breakfast departure (optional transfer can be organised to the airport or train station)

Note: Lunch, some time  can be just the tasting mentioned in the itinerary