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BOOK HOTEL ROOMS & ACCOMMODATIONS HERE NOW! Hotel Rooms & Accommodations with Fast Secure Reservations engine Provided by our Partner Booking.com @no extra costs! South Italy and most of its little villages, is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions. History and architecture are also very important factors of southern Italy's culture and tourist attractions, like the temple ruins of Agrigento - Sicily; Capri offering one of Italy's most beautiful piazzas (town square) in the middle of town, Piazzetta, completely closed up, giving the impression of a courtyard, surrounded by many shops and cafes and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of Clock); or the over 40 mt. high statue of the Christ in Maratea situated on a hill over 300 mt. high offering a most breath-taking site over the port of Maratea. Another great piece of southern Italy history, from Calabria to be exact, is the Bronzi di Riace: two magnificent bronze, human-size, male statues, found in the gulf of Riace, now showing in the museum of Reggio Calabria, representing the Greek conception of heroism and beauty for their classical composure and dynamic vitality. Great tourist attractions for both rural and coastal holidays are also the town of Rivello, based on the graceful Basilicata mountains with its typical hystorical houses that can be found in all old parts of most of southern Italy's towns, and the Trulli, typical Apulia houses with cone shaped roofs. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and friendly people, all part of a world waiting to be explored and taken advantage of.
BOOK HOTEL ROOMS & ACCOMMODATIONS HERE NOW! Hotel Rooms & Accommodations with Fast Secure Reservations engine Provided by our Partner Booking.com @no extra costs! South Italy and most of its little villages, is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions. History and architecture are also very important factors of southern Italy's culture and tourist attractions, like the temple ruins of Agrigento - Sicily; Capri offering one of Italy's most beautiful piazzas (town square) in the middle of town, Piazzetta, completely closed up, giving the impression of a courtyard, surrounded by many shops and cafes and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of Clock); or the over 40 mt. high statue of the Christ in Maratea situated on a hill over 300 mt. high offering a most breath-taking site over the port of Maratea. Another great piece of southern Italy history, from Calabria to be exact, is the Bronzi di Riace: two magnificent bronze, human-size, male statues, found in the gulf of Riace, now showing in the museum of Reggio Calabria, representing the Greek conception of heroism and beauty for their classical composure and dynamic vitality. Great tourist attractions for both rural and coastal holidays are also the town of Rivello, based on the graceful Basilicata mountains with its typical hystorical houses that can be found in all old parts of most of southern Italy's towns, and the Trulli, typical Apulia houses with cone shaped roofs. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and friendly people, all part of a world waiting to be explored and taken advantage of.













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Praia A Mare - Travel and Holiday to south Italy, accommodation by the sea or rural

PRAIA A MARE - CALABRIA- SOUTH ITALY

Praia a Mare stands by a long sandy beach and is the first resort that you meet along the Tyrrhenian coast coming from North. It stands opposite the mythical Island of Dino where legend says "Ulysses" once landed. This Island has 4km of coastline and steep slopes that end in wonderful, most enchanting natural grottos such as "The Grotto of the Lion" that entering in the mysterious darkness, you can spot a rock that takes the shape of a sitting Lion; the "Azure" Grotto that you'll never want to leave for it's gentle and most amusing Azure colour reflection of the sea; the "Grotta del Frontone" a huge, deep and almost unexplored grotto rich in stalactites and stalagmite or even the "Grotta delle Cascate" housing little hollows and whitish formations deposited by the water dripping from the grotto's ceiling. Opposite the Island, on the edge of the upland plain called "Pianoro della Foresta" sits a medieval castle very well-preserved, commanding a view of all the surrounding area. Praia a Mare as well as many other towns with a great deal of history of the South of Italy, had it's own sentinel tower built in the 16th century proving the inhabitants efforts to fight back to the Turkish raiding.

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The historic evolution of this sea town is closely bound with the existence of a magnificent sea-cave named "Grotta della Serra Vingiolo". This grotto consists of three interconnected caves each with an independent access from sea it was a living environment for a Mediterranean race of Homo Sapiens who lived there for thousands of years. This Grotto has given light to many historic remains of Homo Sapiens such as stone objects, painted pebbles featuring anthropomorphic patterns, light yellow pottery decorated with winding patterns with handles featuring of animal heads, and fragments of late Roman sealed ceramic objects, oil lamps, bowls. In the 10th century this cave became the area where Greek monks staged their dwellings, later it became a monastery consecrated to St. Elias.
On Praia's hilltops lays another natural grotto that can be reached by a long flight of steps housing the sanctuary of "Santa Maria della Grotta". This sanctuary hosts a wooden statue of the Madonna and Child that dates back to 14th century and a marble statue of the Madonna della Neve of the 17th century. Much of Praia's history is contained in this grotto where many Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Roman articles have been found.