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Sitting on New Beach and looking over the clear blue sea to Isola di Cirella is one of the most relaxing experiences I have ever had. Try the calamari at the beach restaurant too.
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Date of experience: May 2017
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We were here in the summer of August 2015; we rented a boat and went around the island. It's a great place to go snorkeling. The water is very clear and unlike the seashore, there is at least some live action underwater.
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Date of experience: August 2015
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Our hotel in Cirella,125 km north of Tropea is a hotel in a restored seaside villa that the dukes of the Gonzaga clan built for themselves in the 18th century. The old,still inhabited village of Cirella,climbs a slope below the ruins of a hilltop town that Hannibal razed 2,200 years ago. Nearby,a little to the south,is the beach resort of Diamante,with its tree-lined boardwalk. During a previous trip we visited the inland city of Cosenza,an old town,with awarren of lanes around the gothic cathedral. it huddles below a hill with a massive,square castle and an octagonal 13th century tower. Somewhere below the waters of the Busento,the king of the Visigoths,Alaric,is supposed to be buried along with a fabulous treasure. My femme ridicules me when i take out my treasure-hunter hat…
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Date of experience: July 2013
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