fiogf49gjkf0d SITUATED CLOSE TO THE MOST RENOWNED TOURIST
RESORTS IN THE PROVINCE OF VIBO, SUCH AS TROPEA,
NICOTERA, BRIATICO, VIBO VALENTIA AND PIZZO
CALABRO, WITH A WEALTH OF HISTORIC REMAINS AND
TRADITIONS, AND SET AS IT IS IN A FASCINATING AND
CHARMING SETTING, THE BAIA DEL SOLE ALLOWS ITS
GUESTS TO SPEND AN UNFORGETTABLE HOLIDAY IN
WELCOMING AND PEACEFUL SURROUNDINGS.
TROPEA.....6 KM
TROPEA IS A FLOURISHING SEAPORT, WITH A
COMMERCIAL CLASS AMONG THE MOST DYNAMIC AND
ENTERPRISING IN CALABRIA, THAT TRADES WITH ALL
THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES.
NOWADAYS TROPEA IS AN EXCLUSIVE SEASIDE RESORT
THAT ALSO BOASTS A MODERN TOURIST AND FISHING
HARBOR.
THE TOWN ALSO HAS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST AND
BEST-PRESERVED HISTORIC CENTERS IN THE REGION.
THE TOWN, CONSIDERED THE REAL CAPITAL OF THE CAPO
VATICANO AREA, OFFERS THE ELEVENTH CENTURY NORMAN
CATHEDRAL, THE CHURCHES OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
AND SANTA MARIA DELLA NEVE, AS WELL AS THE HIGHLY
FASCINATING CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELL*ISOLA,
THAT STANDS AT THE FOOT OF THE TOWN, ON A SMALL
FINGER OF LAND PROJECTING INTO THE SEA.
VIBO VALENTIA.....25 KM
VIBO VALENTIA STANDS IN A PANORAMIC POSITION 476
M ASL ON A GREEN HILL ON THE NORTHWESTERN SLOPES
OF THE PLATEAU OF MOUNT PORO.
THE CITY, A SUBCOLONY OF LOCRI EPIZEFIRI, WAS
FOUNDED DURING THE COURSE OF THE SECOND HALF OF
THE SEVENTH CENTURY BC, AT THE PLACE WHERE THE
NATIVE SETTLEMENT OF VIEPO STOOD.
THE TOWN STILL PRESERVES MUCH EVIDENCE OF ITS
ILLUSTRIOUS PAST VARIOUS APPRECIABLE GREEK AND
ROMAN REMAINS, IN PARTICULAR LONG STRETCHES OF
THE MIGHTY HIPPONION WALLS, THE SUPERB
NORMAN-SWABIAN CASTLE, THAT DOMINATES THE WHOLE
TOWN, THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH OF THE
ROSARY, THE BAROQUE CATHEDRAL TO ST. LEOLUCA, THE
VALENTIANUM, WITH ITS FASCINATING CLOISTERS, THE
GATES OF ANCIENT MONTELEONE, AND, FINALLY,
VARIOUS FINE NOBLEMEN*S MANSIONS FROM THE
SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
THE BAIA DEL SOLE ALSO ORGANIZES PLEASANT TRIPS
ON THE SPLENDID SHIP SUN ODYSSEY 52.2 TO THE
AEOLIAN ISLES.
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