Voted Italy's most beautiful village in 2021, Tropea stands on a sandstone cliff with houses ending where the drop begins: below, a white beach and a sea that holds its own against the tropics. Out front, on its rock, the sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Isola serves as the logo of the Coast of the Gods.
Tropea's red onion is the town's other monument — sweet enough to end up in gelato, which you try here as a matter of record. In summer, the Aeolian Islands are an hour away by boat; Capo Vaticano and its coves, twenty minutes.
Santa Maria dell'Isola · Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Romania
Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria
25 places to stay · top rated: Hotel Ristorante Le Rose 9.7 · Palazzo Mottola Tropea 9.6
Next up: Maria Santissima di Romania, Saturday 27 March
Nearest airport: Lamezia Terme, 40 km away
Tropea is part of 🏘️ Villages 🍷 Food & wine 🏖️ Seaside
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📅 Every year, on 27 March and 9 September
Tropea's patron has two dates, 27 March and 9 September. They anchor a crowded calendar that in May includes the Tri da' Cruci and, late in the evening, the shape of a camel.
Sweet enough to go into ice cream, grown along a strip of Tyrrhenian coast: Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2008.
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Outside Tropea, but an easy day trip away.
