Calabria is a land still waiting to be discovered, far from mass tourism. Among the hidden villages of the Aspromonte and the Sila, the Arbereshe towns, the wild Ionian coast and the abandoned villages of the interior, here you travel slowly among nature, Greek history and living traditions. Explore one of the most authentic regions of the South.
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A long walking traverse through the mountainous heart of southern Calabria, between the Aspromonte and the Serre, on trails that hardly any hiker from the north knows. Beech woods, gravel-bed rivers and depopulated villages, worlds away from the tourist routes.
Jun 30, 2026
In the far south of Calabria, the Greek-speaking Grecanica area of the Aspromonte is an almost deserted land of ancient Hellenic roots: gravel climbs to abandoned villages and wide dry riverbeds trace out a harsh, silent journey, far from any tourist circuit.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Sila plateau, in Calabria, you pedal among giant pines and high-altitude mountain lakes. A cool, wooded Calabria almost no one imagines, far from the crowded beaches and travelled by very few cyclists.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Tyrrhenian coast of the Cosenza province, in Calabria, a devotional route that climbs from the sea to the hills up to the sanctuary of the patron saint of Calabria. It is walked almost only by local pilgrims and is nearly unknown to international tourism.
Jun 30, 2026
On the upper Tyrrhenian coast of the Cosenza province, in Calabria, a coastline of villages between murals and citron groves. It stays out of the way compared to the noisier destinations of the South because many people cross it only in a rush on the way to somewhere else.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Sila plateau, in Calabria, a vintage tourist railway crosses pine forests and highland lakes. It stays off the radar because it runs only on certain days and periods, far from the mass routes of the coast.
Jun 30, 2026
The Calabrian stretch of the Sentiero Italia crosses the Aspromonte National Park, a massif of torrents and forests kept far from hikers by its bad reputation. A ridge traverse that offers total solitude in one of the least-visited mountains of the South.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Ionian slopes of the Aspromonte, at the very tip of Calabria, the Grecanic Area still endures: mountain villages where the Greek of Calabria is still spoken. A loop between Bova and Galliciano winds through half-abandoned villages overlooking a remote Ionian Sea, worlds away from the tourist circuits.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Malopera valley, in Calabria, the Caves of Zungri are more than a hundred houses hewn from the sandstone: a medieval cave village.
Jun 23, 2026