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Travel Blogs from Reggio di Calabria
Taormina (Sicily), Italy
Naxos is gateway to the island of Sicily's strategically significant northeastern region. From this port city, it is a short transfer to Taormina, resting 820 feet above the sea and overlooking imposing Mount Etna. In the early 20th century, Taormina became a colony for expatriate artists and writers, including D H Lawrence. Highlights of any tour of this city would include the remarkably preserved Roman-style Greek Theater, whose acoustics ...
Butt break day
... it added to the ambiance and vibrancy of the place. I could detect languages from at least 4 different countries. It's all just so European. There was a fashion photo shoot taking place in the middle of the main street which was fun to watch. Who knows, I may even be in some as a backdrop. Fashionista that I am.
Another amazing lunch in a café overlooking the Mediterranean. I could really get used to this. I can’t ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... with views for miles down the coast. The main street Corso Umberto is about 800 metres long with shops, restaurants and bars along it's length. During the day with ocean liners in, it is very busy but then by about five oclock it's only us" locals" here. One of the major attractions here is the Teatro Greco a perfect horseshoe theatre built in the third century BC. It is still used for arts festivals. We ...
Mud slides can be good
... the big game hunt, capturing animals for use in the circus in Rome to athletic events; all done with itsy bitsy bits of coloured stone. George pondered if the tile setters were given a big roll of papyrus with a drawing to work from or just left to their own imagination. I’m guessing they used coloured chalk to mark things out. They had Crayola back then didn’t they? Whatever the method, it ...
Day 4
... in reading it. Here are some quotes from the book from Chapter 1 that I find fascinating: "Not so long ago, paleontologists uncovered a mass in a fossilized skull of a Gorgosaurus, a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. A brain tumor, had brought down one of the Earth's most notorious carnivores, connecting a late-Mesozoic cancer patient to human brain cancer victims." "Cancer has struck and killed ...
Location
Other places to stay in Reggio di Calabria
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Hotel Continental
The Strip and Vicinity, Reggio di Calabria | 3 star hotelfrom $93 -
Grand Hotel Excelsior
Boulder Highway, Reggio di Calabria | 4 star hotelfrom $127 -
Palace Masoanri's Hotel
Via Vittorio Veneto, 95, Reggio di Calabria | 3 star hotelfrom $89 -
E' Hotel
Boulder Highway, Reggio di Calabria | 4 star hotelfrom $141 -
Regent Hotel
Via Mercato, 9, Reggio di Calabria | 4 star hotelfrom $84 -
Agriturismo Sant'Anna
Via Provinciale, 89060 , Reggio di Calabria | Hotel -
Hotel Lungomare
Viale Zerbi 13b, Reggio di Calabria | 4 star hotel -
Hotel Lido
Via 3 Settembre, Reggio di Calabria | Hotelfrom $90 -
APAN HOTEL
The Strip and Vicinity, Reggio di Calabria | 4 star hotelfrom $107 -
Hotel Residence Alpa
The Strip and Vicinity, Reggio di Calabria | Hotelfrom $83 -
Hotel Ascioti
Via San Francesco Da Paola 79, Reggio di Calabria | Hotel
