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Tourist attractions in Calabria

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Capo Vaticano at Calabria, ©sonia uliana/Flickr

Capo Vaticano at Calabria, ©sonia uliana/Flickr

Spending your holiday in Calabria, you have the opportunity to enjoy beautiful scenery with a majestic mainland and spectacular beaches. Obviously, the beaches are the most popular tourist attractions of the area, especially the Capo Vaticano, but you can also choose between many tourist attractions and holiday activities while relaxing in this beautiful area of Italy. You can practice winter and water sports, you can discover the beautiful mainland or go rafting, canyoneering, orienteering or flying. Calabria also has many tourist sites that you can visit when you get bored of staying in the hotel, on the beach or you don’t want to practice sports.

Tourist activities

Calabria has numerous ski resorts, and because they have artificial slopes, you can enjoy winter sports at any time of the year.

Those who like to spend their time on the beach have many water sport options, like windsurfing, kite-surfing, scuba-diving; this way the time sent here will not be only relaxing but you will stay fit during your holiday and you will return home with many new memories.

Windsurfing at Calabria region, ©Filippo Parisi aka LUPO/Flickr

Windsurfing at Calabria region, ©Filippo Parisi aka LUPO/Flickr

If you are one of those people who like to spend their time exploring the forests and discovering lakes and waterfalls, Calabria will offer you many opportunities as almost all of the land is covered with gorgeous national parks. You can practice rafting or canyoneering in places like the Lao River or the Sila gorges. You can opt for expert guides, so it is not a problem if you have never tried these sports in your life.

Calabria lakes, ©CRUSTINA!/Flickr

Calabria lakes, ©CRUSTINA!/Flickr

Orienteering is a much of fun which challenges you sense of direction. You get a map, a compas and you have to reach the intermediate steps and the final goal. The one, who arrives first to the last stop without breaking any law, is the winner.

Do you like to fly? You can certainly practice this sport in Calabria. It is a whole other perspective of the beautiful land of Calabria and you don’t have to worry, you are in good hands as there are specialized instructors that accompany you.

Tourist sites

The area of Calabria offers many beautiful beaches, but one of the most beautiful of them is Capo Vaticano, being on the list of the top 100 beautiful beaches in the whole world. What could be better than a long beach with white sand, large trees and beautifully colored sea water? This is deifinitely one of the best tourist attractions in Calabria!

Capo Vaticano at Calabria, ©sonia uliana/Flickr

Capo Vaticano at Calabria, ©sonia uliana/Flickr

The National Museum of Reggio Calabria is one of the main tourist attractions of the areeas and houses the famous Riace Bronez, two rare warrior statues, which any art lover heard about.

Many tourists choose to visit the National Parks of Cambrie, of which we mention Sila, Serre, Aspromonte and Polline.


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