Territorio

Riviera dei Cedri - Alto Tirreno Cosentino

The Riviera dei Cedri extends for about 30 km, here you can spend whole days traveling to museums, castles, churches and art galleries and spend the evenings having fun in an aquatic park or in one of the many nice clubs. found in the Riviera are: the town of Tortora, from which you can see the island of Dino, whose steep walls end with a series of caves.

The island, which faces Praia a Mare, is embedded in the legend that Ulysses landed in these parts.

The town of S. Nicola Arcella rises overhanging the sea, a few kilometers away.

From its highest point the view sweeps from Capo Scalea to Maratea, on a panorama made up of many small wonderful bays and beaches.

Around Santa Maria del Cedro

From its highest point the view sweeps from Capo Scalea to Maratea, on a panorama made up of many small wonderful bays and beaches. Along the beautiful and indented coast, the cave known as the Arco Magno.

A few kilometers away, another renowned resort welcomes tourists from all over the world: Scalea, the capital of the Riviera dei Cedri .. Suspended as it is between heaven and earth, the entire town of its historic center is fully connected by carved stone stairs.

Tra Scalea e Diamante

In the municipality of Majerà, the unique museum in the world, the Museo del peperoncino, was built. A city of art thanks to the murals that dot the historic center, Diamante is home to the National Chilli Academy.

Gathered on an enchanting cliff, the municipal area is known in Europe for being the land of murals, the land of upturned noses; and includes the hamlet of Cirella, the islet of Cirella, the amphitheater, the ruins certainly deserve more than a simple visit.

The Torre del Tirone and the works of art enclosed in the churches of Belvedere Marittimo are of rare beauty.Cetraro, equipped with a tourist port from which boats depart daily for the nearby Aeolian islands, has ancient origins and, like many others community of the Riviera, has undergone numerous barbarian incursions. From any location on the Riviera dei Cedri it is not difficult to reach Papasidero, a place famous for the highest expression of rock art found on a rock: the Bos Primigenius of the Grotta del Romito.