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CROCE DI MAGARA IS A SMALL TOURIST CENTER NEAR
CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO AND HAS ONE OF THE MOST
COMFORTABLE AND WELL EQUIPPED HOTELS OF THE
HIGHLANDS.
IT IS SITUATED AT 1,373 METERS ON A GREEN AND
CHARMING PLAIN AND HOUSES A DAIRY KNOWN FOR ITS
HIGH QUALITY CHEESE AND MILK PRODUCTS.
CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO
CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO, LYING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE
OF THE PLATEAU AT A HEIGHT OF 1,272 METERS, IS
ONE OF THE MOST TYPICAL AND FAMOUS CALABRIAN
WINTER AND SUMMER TOURIST CENTERS.
A SHORT DISTANCE FROM LAKE CECITA AND FROM THE
CALABRIA NATIONAL PARK, THE SITE, WHICH IS AN
OUTLYING WARD OF SPEZZANO DELLA SILA, IS LINKED
BY A GOOD ROAD SYSTEM WITH THE CHIEF TOWN OF THE
PROVINCE AND WITH THE OTHER SILAN CENTERS SUCH AS
SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE AND LONGOBUCCO.
A SHORT WAY FROM HERE ARE TYPICAL, CHARMING
VILLAGES IMMERSED IN NATURE, SUCH AS FAGO DEL
SOLDATO, MOCCONE AND CROCE DI MAGARA, AS WELL AS
THE IMPORTANT BIOGENETIC RESERVES OF FALLISTRO
AND TASSO.
SURROUNDED BY THE PERENNIAL GREEN OF THE PINE
FORESTS, CAMIGLIATELLO OFFERS VERY MODERN HOTELS
AND EFFICIENT SKIING RESORTS WHICH INCLUDE
SEVERAL PISTES, OF VARYING DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY,
PISTES FOR CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND SKI LIFTS.
THE STARTING AND ARRIVAL STATIONS HAVE BARS AND
SHOPS WHERE ONE CAN BUY AND RENT SKI EQUIPMENT.
IN SUMMER TOO, JUST AS IN AUTUMN AND SPRING,
CAMIGLIATELLO OFFERS ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RELAXATION AND ENJOYMENT AS WELL AS THE
POSSIBILITY OF PRACTISING SEVERAL SPORTS AND
TAKING WALKS ALONG VERY INTERESTING ROUTES IN THE
HEART OF THE SILA GRANDE.
LORICA
LORICA, CONSIDERED THE PEARL OF SILA, IS A
DELIGHTFUL TOURIST VILLAGE IN THE PROVINCE OF
COSENZA, 1,314 METERS HIGH, AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT
BOTTE DONATO.
SITUATED IN THE VALLEY THAT SURROUNDS LAKE ARVO,
IT RISES IN THE HEART OF THE HIGHLANDS, IN A
POSITION FROM WHICH ONE CAN EASILY REACH THE
TOWNS OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE AND PEDACE, OF
WHICH IT IS AN OUTLYING WARD, THE NEARBY VILLAGE
OF SILVANA MANSIO AND THE TERRITORY OF THE
CALABRIA NATIONAL PARK.
SURROUNDED BY THICK WOODS, LORICA, WITH ITS WELL
KNOWN TOURIST STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF SATISFYING
EVERY DEMAND, IS A FAVORITE SUMMER AND WINTER
TOURIST RESORT, A HAVEN FOR LOVERS OF SKIING,
CANOEING, HORSE RIDING, FISHING AND EXCURSIONS.
PANORAMIC AND CHARMING WALKS ALONG THE LAKE OR
INSIDE THE NEARBY WOODS CAN BE ENJOYED.
THESE PATHS HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY THE C.A.I.
*ITALIAN ALPINE CLUB* AND ARE OF VARIED LENGTH
AND DIFFICULTY AND SOME OF THEM EVEN LEAD TO
MOUNT BOTTE DONATO *1,828 METERS* AND TO MOUNT
PERILLO *1,670 METERS*.
IN SUMMER THERE ARE MANY EVENTS SUCH AS FOLKLORE
PARADES WITH TRADITIONAL COSTUMES AND FAIRS THAT
CELEBRATE THE DELICIOUS PROTAGONISTS OF SILAN
CUISINE.
SILA
SILA IS A VAST HIGHLAND WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE
HEART OF CALABRIA, AND REACHES 1100-1700 METERS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT RELIEF IS THAT OF MOUNT BOTTE
DONATO WHOSE PEAK REACHES 1928 METERS.
TO THE NORTH IT BORDERS THE SIBARI PLAIN AND TO
THE SOUTH THAT OF LAMEZIA.
ON THE IONIAN SIDE SILA SLOPES GENTLY TOWARDS THE
SEA, WHILE ON THE TYRRHENIAN SIDE IT PRECIPITATES
TOWARDS THE RIVER CRATI VALLEY.
SINCE THE ROMANS, THE HIGHLAND, WHOSE NAME COMES
FROM THE LATIN SILVA, HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS
CENTURIES OLD FORESTS, FOR GREEN PASTURES AND FOR
AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER.
SILA IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS SILA GRANDE,
THE CENTRAL AND VASTEST AREA OF THE HIGHLAND AND
THE GREEK AREA WHICH INCLUDES MANY ALBANIAN
VILLAGES BELONG TO THE PROVINCE OF COSENZA WHILE
SILA PICCOLA BELONGS TO THE TERRITORY OF
CATANZARO.
CROSSED BY SEVERAL RIVERS AND TORRENTS AND
ENVELOPED BY IMMENSE PINE AND BEECH FORESTS
ALTERNATING WITH HILLS AND RICH PASTURES, THE
AREA BELONGING TO COSENZA INCLUDES LAKES ARVO AND
CECITA, THE BIGGEST ON THE SILA HIGHLANDS.
IN 1968 SILA BECAME PART OF THE CALABRIA NATIONAL
PARK, AN ECOSYSTEM RICH IN INTERESTING VEGETATION
AND ANIMALS.
NEAR THE PARK THERE ARE INTERESTING VILLAGES SUCH
AS CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO AND LORICA WHERE GOOD
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