Reggio di Calabria Travel Guide

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The big toe of Italy’s boot, Reggio di Calabria nearly touches Sicily, just 2 miles across the Messina Strait. Although not nearly as famous as other mezzogiorno cities such as Naples, Reggio is a fine example of the southern-Italian lifestyle: strollers crowd the pedestrian section of Corso Garibaldi, Reggio’s main drag, for their evening passeggiata, window-shopping at the many designer outlets that dot the street, but take a walk there under the hot afternoon sun and you will think you’re in a ghost town.

Reggio is famous for its lungomare, a kilometer-long beach-front botanical garden that also makes for an ideal stroll, and is also home to the Museo Nazionale, which houses Greek treasures rescued (or plundered, depending on your outlook) from the neighboring Ionian Sea. These are featured in the Sezione Subacquea. Of particular interest are the Bronzi di Riace, a collection of bronze Greek sculptures portraying hot bearded warriors nude (those Greeks sure did love their hot bearded naked warriors!).

Reggio is also a good base to explore nearby Scilla, an attractive seaside town most famous for its fata morgana, an optical illusion that makes Messina across the water in Sicily seem to glitter above the sea.

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