Calabria, explored through its landscape, history, food traditions and local identity. Calabria occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula, but treating it as the last stop before Sicily misses the point. This is a region with nearly 500 miles of coastline, two very different seas, three national parks, Greek archaeological sites, Byzantine churches, Norman castles, mountain forests, fishing villages, and towns built high above the water for protection. The Tyrrhenian coast lo