The COSTA DEGLI DEI, the coast of gods
considered one of the most beautiful landscapes of Italy.
Known for its crystal clear, azure water and wonderful white sandbeaches, impressive rock formations and hidden coves offers you breathtaking sunsets with a fascinating view of the vulkan island Stromboli and the Aeolian Islands.
A special place is the Capo Vaticano with its magnificent views over the sea. The famous Venetian writer Giuseppe Berto made Capo Vaticano his home, after travelling throughout the Italy. "Capo Vaticano", he wrote, "is called Vatican as a Roman hill: once priests and fortune tellers searched for the future basing their predictions on birds' flights. 200 meters over the Cape there is a rock called Mantineo and in ancient Greek it means: to communicate with God. The Cape was a holy place and now it is the same".
The naming of this impressive place goes back
to the "Vati", prophets which have lived at this point
and prophesied the
future of the navigators. Greeks settled here in the eighth century
before Christ, them followed in the next centuries Romans,
Byzantines, Normans and the House of Hohenstaufen.
French and Spanish rulers disputing for this country. They
all have leave traces in Calabria and the encounter with
this region becomes also a historic trip.....
there, where the Italians themselves like to make holiday , even in autumn, when the chestnut trees, lemon and orange trees bear heavily. "South of Rome begins Greece. But Italy does not ceases. "Calabria gives this observation of a travel writer right. Finally, the ancient Scilla already in the eighth book of Homer's "Odyssey" immortalises. Here lurked the dreadful Scylla ready to kill the warriors from Odysseus. "When the day for Calabria came, God had 15,000 square kilometers of green clay with purple shadow in the hand. He wished that the sea would always purple, the rose bloom in December, the sky clear, the land fertile, the climate mild, the scent of the herbs was intoxicating, "wrote the writer Leonida Re`paci about the southernmost tip of the Italian boot.
Above
all, a holiday in Calabria is a celebration in culinary
sense. A fire for the taste buds promises the N'duja, a pate
made with the typical peperoncini. And in the kitchen you
can find in numerous dishes the red onion from Tropea.
Thanks to the sandy soil and high sugar content, it has a
mild taste and gives every dish the unique aroma typical of
the region. Chefs around the world cook with the red onion
from Tropea for "excellent cuisine". In the past, this onion
of Tropea was known for healing effects as Pliny the Elder
in his works is cited. Queen of the vegetables, the
eggplant, in southern Italy is growing wonderfully. The
water and also the calabrian lime- and gravel- soil is
particularly suited for this nightshade, because it promotes
the maturation of a complex of aromatic
substances, allowing this fruit have a strong taste. Divers
cooked, fried, grilled or pickled, it is a important part of
local cuisine.
And of course fish, part of many regional recipes, freshly caught and prepared, he comes to the table and his taste is rounded with its own excellent wine. Whose cultivation in Calabria has a long tradition.