And after only 2 months the Christmas festivity has gone, just before the Lent period that precedes the Easter, it is time for the Carnival, the funny and coloured festivity where the weird becomes normal and the joke is a must.  Its celebration goes back to the Greek Dionysian rituals and Roman Saturnalia and its peculiarity […]

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Christmas of a quaintness time - Calabria Holiday
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Perhaps more than other places, religious and food preparation traditions are still followed in Calabria.  The celebration of Christmas and Christian holidays like Carnival, Easter and patron saints days are still reason to march in procession behind the clergy, carry crosses and statues of the saints while reciting or singing Gregorian chants. Many of today’s […]

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The Sila Mountain got a mysterious and fascination since the ancient times. The first place where Greeks came to shepherd and where they were astonished by the big woods and the beauty of its wild nature. For some features it reminds the beautiful landscape of North Europe  …just think about the Scottish Highlands. Sila expands […]

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Springtime got a magic effect in itself as nature slowly awakes from the long and cold winter season: colours and fragrances inebriate the air, as the sun shyly warms up the atmosphere and brings back the sweet melody of the birds on the trees. The snow leaves the top hits of our charming mountains: Sila, […]

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According to the Christian Catholic tradition, Easter is the celebration of the Risen Jesus Christ, a day full of joy, love and harmony. In Calabria, especially in the province of Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia  and Reggio Calabria, the celebration of this festivity got a special ritual as old as the Christian time. You can even smell […]

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A walk through the ruins between the myth and the history - Calabria Holiday
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Besides the Calabria, the narrow toe of Italy, of myth and legend, there is another one, but “glorious and real, which begins in a time – the Stone Age–  when the prehistoric men lived in underground shelters and caves embellished with graffiti and encarvings. (Bos Primigenius di Papasidero)  and when, on the slopes of the […]

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Calabria with its 1,000 faces and 100 scenarios, all perfectly merged like pieces of a puzzle: an authentic collage of the  various landscapes and  historical heritage. Calabria got appeal to be discovered, wilderness and beauty to be explored! So the tour starts from the very top with the Pollino Mountain, at the border with Basilicata:  the highest […]

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On the bottom South Ionian Sea, the Jasmine Coast or Riviera, stretching for almost 90 km with low and sandy beaches, often enclosed by high cliffs, overlooking the sea. The name of the Riviera derives from the cultivation of jasmine plant, climbing beautiful and delicate, whose fragrance spreads out over the entire province of Reggio Calabria. […]

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Located in the South Tyrrhenian Sea, the Coast of the Gods, or Costa Bella, is the top tourist destination in Calabria. The 55 km long coast, bordering the so called Horn of Calabria starting from Nicotera to Pizzo on the Tyrrhenian Coast,  is a  long string of white sand beaches follow one another with jagged […]

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Exactly in the middle of Calabria, at the feet of the Sila of Catanzaro, in the magnificent area of Sersale, surrounded by a monumental and artistic patrimony, the Calabrian Canyons: a very suggestive and fascinating naturalistic paradise! Uncontaminated spaces enclose enchanting falls, inestimable and unique variety of flora and fauna, a treasure of biodiversity, breath-taking views […]

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The Nectar of Gods from the olympus on our table - Calabria Holiday
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The mild weather and the sun always shining for most part of the year make Calabria a very wealthy land for land fruits and products. The  native vineyards  make of it one of the eldest region of winemaker. In fact, vineyards in Calabria are as old as 3,000 years ago and Calabrian wine was already […]

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Calabria is a region whose main products derive from its terrain thanks to its mild weather and the sun shining for most time of the year. Among its famous products there is the cultivation of the olive trees, whose fruits give us our treasure: the extra vergin olive oil, the so called GREEN GOLD! The […]

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