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Agriturismo Torre Del GolfoFarm HomeLocalitÓ Carrao 88050 Cropani Catanzaro Calabria | ||
| The farm and the family The agriturismo Torre del Golfo, is located in an unspoiled area, surrounded by 40 hectars of citrus groves, at only 200 meters far from the beach on the Jonian coast of Calabria. It is part of the Colosimo farm that has a two century old history. The actual farm products are citrus fruits, olive oil, honey, asparagus, tomatoes and other vegetables. The productions are organic. Depending on the season, it will be possible to follow the farming activities on the farm it self or in the surrounding area, even with visits at wineries and olive presses. The Colosimo family have preserved many rural traditions of Calabria, even having acquired with the last generations an international profile. In the family are fluently spoken, English and Czech. The apartments The building was a stable of early XX century, now reconverted in 5 apartments. The apartments are of different measures, there is a mono with facilities for disables, the others are all on two floors, they all have climatization. They have a lounge with kitchen unit and sleep couch on the ground floor, and respectively one, two or four double bed rooms on the first floor. There are one or two bathrooms for apartment and terraces with sea view. In front of the building there is a wide garden with a children playground. The food Torre del Golfo offers breakfast, that is served in the garden, for the other meals there is an agreement with the restaurant Tonino in Cropani Marina, specialised in sea food. On the farm can be bought any of their products (olive oil, honey, etc.) and more typical products of the area as wine, biscuits, salami, ricotta and sheep cheese. Supplement 4 Euro for breakfast. The beach, excursions and sports The beach, is of fine golden sand ideal for young children, faces the Gulf of Squillace. It is easily accessible by a 200 meters walk on a private path trough a pine wood There are different possibilities for excursions in the neighbour area, with cultural, archaeological, gastronomically or naturalistic interest. Between them all we can mention the one at the National Park of Calabria in the Sila and the one to Le Castella. The Sila is a mountain area with peaks around 2000 meters, rich in woods, lakes and wildlife, at only 30 Km of distance from the sea. Le Castella has historical and naturalistic interest, with his aragonese castle and the Marine reserve. The village of Cropani itself is very interesting, there are many statements of his millenary history. During recent excavations on different archaeological sites of Greek and Roman period, have been found many coins and pottery, now on exposition in an antiquarium inside the Duomo of Cropani. The Duomo itself, of the XV century, is one of the most valuable artistic expression in Calabria. Torre del Golfo gets is name from a defence tower of the XVI century that stands in front of it. The sport facilities available are horse riding, cycling, beachvolley. Near by there are tennis courts and football fields, at 12 km distance there is the Porto dOrra golf club. For trekking inland there are many guided tracks of various difficulty. | ||
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