Calabria Travel tourism

Calabria (Calàbbria in Calabria) is a region of Southern Italy by more than 2 million inhabitants, with capital Catanzaro.
Bordered to the north by Basilicata.
Is the region south of the Italian peninsula, south-west arm of the sea separating it from the region of Sicily.
The region is the tip of the boot, is bordered on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, east by the Ionian Sea, north-east from the Gulf of Taranto and south-west is separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina, whose minimum distance between Cape Pelorus in Sicily and Punta Pezzo in Calabria is only 3.2 kilometers, due to the link Geological present in depth between the massif and the chain of Peloritani.
Calabrian gulfs are:

• The Gulf of Corigliano that, in fact, is part of the wider Gulf of Taranto
• The Gulf of Gioia Tauro, located on the Tyrrhenian coast
• Gulf of St. Eufemia, located on the Tyrrhenian coast
• The Gulf of Squillace, located on the Ionian coast

Calabria has a surface predominantly hilly, which extends for 49.2% of its territory.
Considerable scope in mountainous areas which cover 41.7% of its territory:

• In the north the southern flank of the Massif Pollino the border with Basilicata
• In the north-east, the Coast Range (Paolana or chain) that stretches between the Tyrrhenian coast and deep valleys of the rivers that separate Crati and Savuto dall'altopiano of Sila.
• In north-central Sila, a vast plateau with forests of conifers and hardwoods that extends south to all'insellatura to Marcellinara
• Below the isthmus of Marcellinara begin the Serre Calabrese, who go with a double array of mountains to join directly with the Aspromonte, the highest peak of the Serre, Monte Pecoraro, reaches 1420 m
• Between the plains of St. Euphemia and of Gioia Tauro, stands a group of Mount Poro (710 m)
• Finally, to the south rises the plateau of Aspromonte whose highest peak, the Montalto (or Monte Cocuzza) reaches 1955 m.
  

The plains account for 9% of its territory and are all of modest extension. Among the more important, starting from the north:

• On the Tyrrhenian side, the plain of Scalea, that of St. Euphemia (or Lamezia), and the plain of Gioia Tauro (also known as Rosarno), which is also the largest
• On the Ionian side, the Plain of Sybaris, that of Crotone and, finally, that of Locri.