Le Roccette San Leonardo

89861 Tropea
Via Mare Piccolo
Tel +39 0963.61461 - Fax +39 0963.61213






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It is a sheer drop from the cliff to the sea, where a group of houses and a comfortable residence in a wide green area closed to one of the most pictoresque beaches. An overlooking old-fashioned "Tropea", together whit a stimulating view of the volcano Stromboli, a few milesoffshore, are an exciting touch for pleasant and quiet holidays. Guest can also find a restaurant with bar and a meeting point "le pietre" with barbecue. Relaxing water all around invites you for water ski, while deep sea and rocks are a challanging field for submarine adventures. A sail boat or windsurf are perhaps the best way to discover secret places along the coast, for your need of privacy. A higly interesting town center, which has been celebrated in history, is not more attractive than country, where excursions are suggested to lake of "Sila", archaelogical areas and the isle of "Vulcano" in the archipelago of "Eolie". It's easy to get to the village by car, travelling over the "autostrada del sole", the main italian motorway, and leaving it at Pizzo Calabro or S.Onofrio. Tropea is only 30 miles far from the international airport of "Lametia Terme" and 50 miles from "Reggio Calabria" airport. For Additional information, please, call the following numers: Telephone: 0963/61869 (summer season)

number useful

municipality of Tropea 0963.61022

First-aid Stations
0963.61366

National Railway Stations 0963/61294

Gastronomy and Specialities

A great gastronomic wealth is contained in fruits that are grown and picked in Calabria. There is a unique taste and smell of a unique nature, made of century old woods, of mediterranean green. It is known for the simplicity of the dishes, whit their strong and unique taste and in the uniqueness culinary traditions combined with the desire to protect them. Also important to Calabria cusine is fish, tuna, swordfish, codfish, cernia, mullets and trouts (from rivers and lakes), which are roasted on the grill or cooked in sauces with aromatic spices, create mouth watery dishes, which are indeed envied by the entiere world. To conclude one must not forget the "royal" wine. Very much appreciated is the Cirò which is produced in the sunny vineyards of Cirò, but also well know are other wine house from Bivongi, Crati, Greco di Gerace etc. which are to be appreciated and for both their good taste and aroma.

Dalle origini assai antiche, il suo territorio conserva cospicue tracce di stanziamenti preistorici, ma anche testimonianze di frequentazione greca e romana. Fu sede vescovile dal VIII secolo d.C. e subì poi nel corso del tempo, l'occupazione di Arabi Normanni e Aragonesi. Fiorente centro marinaro, intrattenne rapporti commerciali con tutto il mediterraneo. Il centro storico è ricco di chiese che dimostrano che tropea era considerata la vera capitale del Capo Vaticano, si possono ammirare la cattedrale romana risalente all' XI secolo, e le chiese di S.Francesco d'Assisi e di Santa Maria della Neve, oltre a quella assai suggestiva, di Santa Maria dell'Isola, che sorge ai piedi della città su una piccola lingua di terra protesa verso il mare.