A very relaxing day in the Sila with its beautiful panoramas, clean air, numerous attractions and high quality food. Calabria got its fantastic winter season in the Sila. The snow lovers should visit it once in their lifetime. Sila has been always fascinated lot of people during centuries, since the time of the Greek and […]

The blogtour in Sila, the first one in Calabria, organised by the National Park of Sila with the collaboration of the Associazione We like concluded last week, after 4 days (from November 6th to 9th 2014) in exploration of the beauties of nature. The blog tour involved  me and other 6 bloggers coming from nationwide […]

Beyond your imagination, there are still some traditions tthat evoke deep feelings and let you go back to a very remote time. This morning we were in Badolato, the small Medieval village with a magic atmosphere. Lots of people on the main square waiting to assist to this very important event that represents The Encounter […]

The Holy Week in Calabria is a commemoration of the latest days before Jesus’s death on the Good Friday where in Catanzaro, the capital of Calabria, a processional event takes place every year to remind the tragic event. Catholic religion is strongly felt in Calabria and celebrations in different places are the evidence of this […]

Have you ever thought to experience a traditional folkloristic event in its all? Well,  if your answer is so, then you need to come and live the Carnival in Calabria, the funniest pagane festivity where the weird becomes normal and the joke is a must! Each village, town got its own celebration. Along the main […]

How do people from small villages in Calabria prepare for the Easter celebration? Well, many  of the small  places on the top hills of the Catanzaro area, overlooking the Ionian Sea, are very suggestive  for their traditions, where time seems to have stopped to a remote era in the past and the magic you breathe […]

Have you ever thought about the many ways to enjoy a peaceful winter holiday on the snow? Have you ever considered Calabria as winter location? Well, if your answer is no for both questions, then you should just read this and discover what Calabria can offer you! Calabria is not just sea, sun and hot […]

And after only 2 months the Christmas festivity has gone, just before the Lent period that precedes the Easter, it is time for the Carnival, the funny and coloured festivity where the weird becomes normal and the joke is a must.  Its celebration goes back to the Greek Dionysian rituals and Roman Saturnalia and its peculiarity […]

Perhaps more than other places, religious and food preparation traditions are still followed in Calabria.  The celebration of Christmas and Christian holidays like Carnival, Easter and patron saints days are still reason to march in procession behind the clergy, carry crosses and statues of the saints while reciting or singing Gregorian chants. Many of today’s […]

The Sila Mountain got a mysterious and fascination since the ancient times. The first place where Greeks came to shepherd and where they were astonished by the big woods and the beauty of its wild nature. For some features it reminds the beautiful landscape of North Europe  …just think about the Scottish Highlands. Sila expands […]

Springtime got a magic effect in itself as nature slowly awakes from the long and cold winter season: colours and fragrances inebriate the air, as the sun shyly warms up the atmosphere and brings back the sweet melody of the birds on the trees. The snow leaves the top hits of our charming mountains: Sila, […]

According to the Christian Catholic tradition, Easter is the celebration of the Risen Jesus Christ, a day full of joy, love and harmony. In Calabria, especially in the province of Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia  and Reggio Calabria, the celebration of this festivity got a special ritual as old as the Christian time. You can even smell […]