EXTRA (A)

CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO – COSENZA - PAOLA

Breakfast and departure to Camigliatello Silano, a mountainous region where you can discover what food products it is best known for. Hear about Caciocavallo cheese (literally meaning cheese on horseback), which gets its name from the manner in which the cheese is always tied together in a rope and dangled over a wooden board to drain and age. Lunch on your own to taste local food. Continue to Cosenza and admire its historic center with the Cathedral UNESCO heritage, the Bretti and Enotri Museum and, in the modern part of the city, the MAB (Bilotta open-air museum) which collects precious sculptures of the most famous authors such as De Chirico, Dalì, Manzù. Afterwards observe the Sanctuary of S. Francesco di Paola, spiritual center of the Patron Saint of Calabria and a charming town overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Back to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight.

✓ INCLUDED
    • Accommodation in Ignas Tour's Hotels - Treatment: BB
    • Private Car, Minibus or Bus for Full Day Excursion
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Cosenza (2h)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Paola (1h30)

MORANO CALABRO – CASTROVILLARI – ALTOMONTE – CIVITA

EXTRA (C)

LOCRI - GERACE

Breakfast and departure to Locri. Here you will visit the archaeological area of the famous Greek colony "Locri Epizephiri" founded in the VIII century b.C. This ancient city was the first to have a code of written laws, thanks to the will of the legislator Zaleuco, who used to prescribe specific penalties for each crime. The archaeological area of Locri extends from the river of the municipality of Portigliola to the coast. The archaeological site is quite distant from the current inhabited center and this has allowed us to preserve, at best, the remains of this civilization. Do not miss a visit to the Antiquarium Archaeological Museum of Locri where the treasures found in the archaeological site of the Hellenic and Roman period are kept. Lunch on your own to taste local food. Continue to Gerace, a town of the Norman era with one of the most precious historic centers in Calabria. Particularly intersting is the 12th century castle, the imposing cathedral with three naves, the church of S. Francesco from 1252. Back to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight.

✓ INCLUDED
    • Accommodation in Ignas Tour's Hotels - Treatment: BB
    • Private Car, Minibus or Bus for Full Day Excursion
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Locri (2h30)
    • Entrance Fee - Museo Archeologico e Scavi di Locri (closed on Mondays)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Gerace (2h30)

VIBO VALENTIA – SORIANO CALABRO – SERRA SAN BRUNO - STILO

Breakfast and departure to Vibo Valentia. Admire the St. Leoluca’s Cathedral and the adjoining State Archeological Museum inside the Norman-Swabian-Angevin Castle, full of numerous specimens, mostly of Greek, such as the precious Laminetta Aurea, and finally the ruins of the Temple of the Goddess Persephone. Continue to Soriano Calabro, a small town surrounded by splendid olive groves, where you will see the ruins of Convent of San Domenico, best known for the unique event of the “miraculous descent” of the picture. Lunch on your own to taste local food. Proceed to Serra San Bruno. Just outside the historic center you will find the famous Certosa di Serra San Bruno, founded in 1091 by San Brunone di Colonia and first Carthusian convent in Italy. It suffered severe damage from the earthquake of 1783 and was rebuilt again. Proceed to the ancient Stilo, whose name is included in the list of the most beautiful hamlets in Italy. Worthy of a visit is the old town of Stilo, full of noble buildings and churches, that include the Duomo, built in 1300, the church of San Francesco, the church of St. George, the church of Madonna delle Grazie, the church of San Giovanni Theresti. Back to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight.
 
✓ INCLUDED
    • Accommodation in Ignas Tour's Hotels - Treatment: BB
    • Private Car, Minibus or Bus for Full Day Excursion
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Vibo Valentia (2h)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Sorano Calabro (1h30)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Stilo (1h30)

CROTONE – STRONGOLI – CIRO’ - ROSSANO

Breakfast and departure to Crotone. One of the most important Magna Graecia colonies in Italy, Crotone was a major cultural center in the 5th century BC, when it was the home of thinkers like philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. Here you will admire the Cathedral, the Castle of Charles V and Le Castella is a walled hamlet on the island of Capo Rizzuto, close to Crotone. Its origins are not clear, but it was probably there in 500 AD. The castle can only be visited on foot since there is only a narrow strip of land that connects the island to Crotone. The castle dates back to several centuries and the architecture is quite noteworthy. Take a quick view of the charming town of Strongoli. Lunch on your own to taste local food. Continue to the famous wine region of Cirò. Considered one of the oldest named wines in the world, with a wine-making history stretching back thousands of years, this is Calabria’s flagship wine. Proceed to Rossano, renowned for its Byzantine history. Our guided tour of the old town will include the charming 10th-century church of San Marco, the Baroque cathedral and the newly refurbished Diocesan Museum, home to the Codex Purpureus Roassanenis, a rare 6th-century illuminated manuscript. Back to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight.

✓ INCLUDED
    • Accommodation in Ignas Tour's Hotels - Treatment: BB
    • Private Car, Minibus or Bus for Full Day Excursion
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Crotone (2h)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Cirò (1h30)
    • Wine Tasting (3 Wines)
    • Half Day Tour Guide in Rossano (1h30)