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Pizzo Calabro

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Town among the most beautiful and famous of the Vibonese, with one of the most picturesque village of the coast, Pizzo is located on the slope of a suggestive promontory, that rises above the sea, right in the centre of Sant ’Eufemia Gulf.

To get to Pizzo take the slip road of Pizzo on the highway A3, or trains and the airport of Lamezia Terme 10 km away. According to the tradition ,Pizzo was built on the ruins of Napitia, colony founded by the Focesi, the town also welcomed Cicerone and S. Peter, who stopped here on his way to Rome. Murat’s castle is declared national monument.

Today Pizzo is a famous tourist station, well-known for the splendid coasts and for the mildness climate. Endowed with numerous commercial activities with tourist address, an excellent and famous hand-made ice cream, called tartufo, many are the restaurant the offer local fish speciality.

The town, rich sea centre, with a flourishing industry for the maintenance of the tuna, is famous for the production of the appreciated grape "zibibbo". Among the artisan activities we signal a shipyard for the construction of boats and barges with ancient and typical techniques and the artisan activity of the ceramics is still flourishing.

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