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Sailing to Diamante in Calabria – Italy
Sailing to Diamante in Calabria – Italy
The next stop on our sailing vacation is Diamante. The port houses about two hundred boats
and offers services typical of a small seaside village which become quite livery and overcrowded with tourists especially during Summer.
The village can easily be reached through via Santa Lucia, a street that gets right into its old part, swarming with craftsman’s workshops and typical trattorias. Also the Accademia del peperonico (Academy of the red hot chili papper) is located here; it has by now become a kind of regional gastronomic agency, selling not only ordinary home-made products and farm produce, but also small jars filled with preserves and red papper purees. on the outskirts of Diamante, at Buonvicino, the restaurant “La rondinella” offers the possibility to try traditional cuisine dished such as “I’arranciatura” and “ucuonzu” made with vegetables, pluses and sausages. This will variegate our sailing vacations in Calabria.
Typical of the neighboring small village of Santa Maria del Cedro are the so-called «pannicelli», pastry cakes made with citron and currants, which became famous when praised by Italian writer Gabriele d’Annunzio.
Now we continue our sailing vacations. From Diamante we set sail towards Belvedere 
Marittimo, always keeping far from the coast. A long series of ancient villages are to be found all scattered on mountain tops. On our left-hand side, we can catch a glimpse of the headland of Cozzo Pellegrino. Some centuries ago, the first Provencal Vadois farmers, and later Scanderbeg Albanians, settled down in this area. On our right-hand side, the Montea mountain range stands out clearly. Since ancient times, mariners used to scan the cloudy horizon standing out around the Montea peaks to guess what the weather would be like in the days to come. If this is your first sailing vacation, please read careful the sailing guide to avoid sailing accident.
Sailing Vacations – Diamante, Italy – Calabria Sailing Vacations
