Calabria Tour From Rome

Departure from the Hotel Cicerone, Rome. Freeway route with comfortable stops to reach Matera: the "City of the Sassi" is known for the historic Sassi districts, recognized World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993 and which make Matera one of the oldest cities in the world. Night in the hotel, breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Civita and visit of the "village among the rocks", an interesting village of medieval origin, guardian of the culture and traditions of the Albanian community (Arbëreshë) in Italy. Continue to Pizzo, the center of the famous "Costa degli Dei" known for being the "city of ice cream", where you will have time to visit the village and to delight yourself with the unmissable "Tartufo di Pizzo", a typical ice cream of the area. At the end, continue to Reggio Calabria and visit the famous Lungomare Falcomatà, known as "the most beautiful kilometer in Italy".

In the morning transfer to Tropea, a famous tourist center that fascinates visitors with its picturesque alleys and its terraces more than fifty meters high above the crystalline sea. Transfer to Le Castella, a seaside village known mainly for its Aragonese fortress and its sandy beaches coasts with Greek-Roman archaeological remains still visible.

After the visit continuation towards Cosenza. Accommodation in hotel and overnight, breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards Praia a Mare and boarding on private boat for an excursion off the coast where you can admire the Arcomagno, majestic rock arch that holds a dream bay, and the Dino Island, the largest of the Calabrian islands on the Tyrrhenian Sea, with its splendid caves full of stalagmites.

At the end of the visit transfer to Diamante and free time for visiting this village, famous for the murals that adorn the historic center. Lunch at your own. Continue to Paola, an important center of the coast, and visit to the Sanctuary of San Francesco da Paola, dating back the 16th century, which guards the relics of the patron saint of Calabria on a hill surrounded by vegetation. At the end, return to Cosenza.

Night in the hotel. After breakfast departure in the morning for the return. Stop in the city of Salerno and visit of the historic center, an interesting center born from the ancient Roman "Salernum", whose origin dates back to the end of the 2nd century B. C. Lunch at your own. At the end, continuation towards Rome. End of the Tour.