Calabria
Calabria is a region in Southern Italy, it forms the metaphorical toe of the Italian boot. It's considered the Caribbean of Europe thanks to its pristine beaches, stunning landscape, and rustic charms.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Reggio Calabria and Catanzaro.
Reggio Calabria
Catanzaro
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Catanzaro is a city of 86,000 people that is the capital of the Calabria. During the summer months, the Ionian coast from Catanzaro to Soverato is an important tourist attraction, especially for the youth.
Cosenza
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Cosenza is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 250,000 inhabitants.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Crotone and Vibo Valentia.
Crotone
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Crotone is a city in Calabria, on the coast of the Ionian Sea in Southern Italy. The city of Crotone has rich roots in ancient history. It offers visitors a vast heritage accumulated from the ancient ages of Magna Graecia to the Aragonese and a medieval old town with historic houses, squares, and ancient places of worship.
Vibo Valentia
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Vibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Italian region of Calabria, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center.
Lamezia Terme
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Lamezia Terme, commonly called Lamezia, is a city and municipality in the province of Catanzaro in the region of Calabria in Italy.
Tropea
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Tropea is in Calabria. It is renowned for its beaches and exposition of Calabrian culture. Its historic city center, while small, features beautiful churches, lively cafes, and restaurants specializing in Calabrian food.
Scalea
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Scalea is a resort on the south-western coast of Italy facing the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Golfo del Pollino, on a stretch of coast called "Riviera dei Cedri".
Praia a Mare
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Praia a Mare is an undiscovered pearl in the Calabria region of Italy, the perfect place for travellers looking for a place off the beaten track. This village of 5000 people stands in front of Dino island, surrounded by the stunning Policastro gulf.
San Fili
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San Fili is a village in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy with a population of approximately 2,500.
Roccella Ionica
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Roccella Ionica is a town in Calabria, Italy. It is situated in the very south continental part of Italy, inheritating warm climate during winter and quite hot during summer period.
Trebisacce
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Trebisacce is a town in Calabria. It has around 9000 inhabitants and lies at the Ionian Sea. It has a pretty relaxed atmosphere, is surrounded by olive trees, and has very friendly inhabitants. Walking around the city, you can easily grab figs from trees.
Calabria
- Type: State with 2,010,000 residents
- Description: region of Italy
- Also known as: “CAL” and “Calabria region”
- Neighbors: Basilicata
- Categories: region of Italy, peninsula, cultural region, and locality
- Location: Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude of center
39.0566° or 39° 3′ 24″ northLongitude of center
16.525° or 16° 31′ 30″ eastPopulation
2,010,000Elevation
763 metres (2,503 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Calabria” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kalabrië”
- Albanian: “Kalabria”
- Amharic: “ካላብሪያ”
- Arabic: “قلورية”
- Arabic: “قَلَوْرِيَة”
- Arabic: “كالابريا”
- Aragonese: “Calabria”
- Armenian: “Կալաբրիա”
- Arpitan: “Calâbra”
- Arpitan: “Calabrie”
- Asturian: “Calabria”
- Azerbaijani: “Kalabriya”
- Balinese: “Calabria”
- Basque: “Calabria”
- Belarusian: “Калабрыя”
- Belarusian: “Калябрыя”
- Bosnian: “Kalabrija”
- Breton: “Calabria”
- Bulgarian: “Калабрия”
- Catalan: “Calàbria”
- Cebuano: “Calabria”
- Central Bikol: “Calabria”
- Central Kurdish: “کالابریا”
- Chechen: “Калабри”
- Chinese: “Calabria”
- Chinese: “卡拉布利亞”
- Chinese: “卡拉布里亚”
- Chinese: “卡拉布里亚大区”
- Chinese: “卡拉布里亞大區”
- Chuvash: “Калабриа”
- Cornish: “Kalabri”
- Corsican: “Calabria”
- Crimean Tatar: “Kalabriya”
- Croatian: “Kalabrija”
- Czech: “Kalábrie”
- Danish: “Calabrien”
- Dimli (individual language): “Calabriya”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kalabriya”
- Dutch: “Calabrië”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كالابريا”
- Esperanto: “Kalabrio”
- Estonian: “Calabria”
- Faroese: “Calabria”
- Finnish: “Calabria”
- French: “Calabre”
- Friulian: “Calabrie”
- Galician: “Calabria”
- Georgian: “კალაბრია”
- German: “Kalabrien”
- Greek: “Καλαβρία”
- Hakka Chinese: “Calabria”
- Hakka Chinese: “Khà-là-pu-lî-â”
- Hausa: “Calabria”
- Hebrew: “קלבריה”
- Hindi: “कालाब्रिया”
- Hungarian: “Calabria”
- Icelandic: “Kalabría”
- Ido: “Kalabria”
- Iloko: “Calabria”
- Indonesian: “Calabria”
- Interlingua: “Calabria”
- Interlingue: “Calabria”
- Inupiaq: “Calabria”
- Irish: “Calabria”
- Italian: “Calabria”
- Italian: “Regione Calabria”
- Japanese: “カラブリア州”
- Javanese: “Calabria”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Calabria”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Калабрия”
- Kazakh: “Калабрия”
- Kirghiz: “Калабрия”
- Korean: “칼라브리아 주”
- Korean: “칼라브리아”
- Korean: “칼라브리아주”
- Kurdish: “Calabria”
- Kurdish: “Kalabriya”
- Ladin: “Calabria”
- Ladino: “Kalabria”
- Latin: “Bruttium”
- Latvian: “Kalabrija”
- Ligurian: “Calabbria”
- Ligurian: “Calabria”
- Limburgan: “Calabrië”
- Lithuanian: “Kalabrija”
- Lombard: “Calabria”
- Luxembourgish: “Kalabrien”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Calabria”
- Macedonian: “Калабрија”
- Malay: “Calabria”
- Maltese: “Calabria”
- Maltese: “Kalabrija”
- Maori: “Calabria”
- Maori: “Karaparia”
- Marathi: “कालाब्रिया”
- Mazanderani: “کالابریا”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Calabria”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Calabria”
- Mingrelian: “კალაბრია”
- Nauru: “Calabria”
- Neapolitan: “Calavria”
- Northern Frisian: “Kalaabrien”
- Northern Sami: “Calabria”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calabria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Calabria”
- Norwegian: “Calabria”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Calàbria”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Categoria:Calàbria”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Calabria”
- Ossetian: “Калабри”
- Pampanga: “Calabria”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਲਾਬਰੀਆ”
- Papiamento: “Calabria”
- Persian: “قلوریه”
- Persian: “کالابریا”
- Picard: “Calabre”
- Piemontese: “Calabria”
- Polish: “Kalabria”
- Portuguese: “Calábria”
- Romanian: “Calabria”
- Russian: “Калабрия”
- Rusyn: “Калабрія”
- Sardinian: “Calabria”
- Sardinian: “Calàbria”
- Scots: “Calabrie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Calabria”
- Serbian: “Калабрија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kalabrija”
- Sicilian: “Calabbrî”
- Sicilian: “Calabbria”
- Slovak: “Kalábria”
- Slovenian: “Calabria”
- Slovenian: “Kalabrija”
- Somali: “Calabria”
- Spanish: “Calabria”
- Spanish: “Región de Calabria”
- Swahili: “Calabria”
- Swedish: “Calabria”
- Swedish: “Kalabrien”
- Swiss German: “Kalabrien”
- Tagalog: “Calabria”
- Tajik: “Калабрия”
- Tamil: “கலபிரியா”
- Tatar: “Калабрия”
- Thai: “แคว้นกาลาเบรีย”
- Thai: “แคว้นคาลาเบรีย”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kalabrien”
- Turkish: “Calabria Özerk Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Calabria”
- Turkish: “Kalabriya”
- Ukrainian: “Калабрія”
- Urdu: “قلوریہ”
- Urdu: “کلابریا”
- Uzbek: “Kalabriya”
- Venetian: “Całabria”
- Venetian: “Całàbria”
- Vietnamese: “Calabria”
- Vlaams: “Calabrië”
- Waray (Philippines): “Calabria”
- Welsh: “Calabria”
- Western Armenian: “Քալաւրիա”
- Western Frisian: “Kalaabrje”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کالابریا”
- Wu Chinese: “卡拉布里亚大区”
- Yue Chinese: “卡拉布利亞”
- “Calabria”
- “Calâbria”
- “Calavrie”
- “ma Kalapija”
- “ma Kalapila”
- “ma lili Kalapija”
- “ma lili Kalapila”
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