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Things to do in Laino Borgo Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Laino Borgo Italy. If you’are planning to visit Laino Borgo for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Laino Borgo and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Laino Borgo and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

What To See near Laino Borgo

Papasidero (11 Km)

Grotta del Romito

The Romito cave is a site dating back to the Upper Paleolithic containing one of the oldest testimonies of prehistoric art in Italy, and one of the most important at European level. Outside there are some rock carvings, among which the most important is a graffiti depicting two bovids (Bos primigenius), and traces of ancient burials, dating back 10,500 years ago.

Cosenza (13 Km)

Parco Nazionale del Pollino

The Pollino National Park is the largest natural park in Italy. Shared by the provinces of Potenza, Matera and Cosenza, with its 192 565 hectares, of which 88 650 are on the Basilicata side and 103 915 in that of Calabria. The park takes its name from the Pollino Massif.

Morano Calabro (15 Km)

Forte Campotenese

The Fort of Campotenese dates back to the nineteenth century, was erected at the behest of the Neapolitan army. Here the homonymous battle took place in 1806. Due to attacks and battles, it was completely destroyed. Today, there are no traces of the fort.

Morano Calabro (17 Km)

Monastero Fortificato Colloreto

The Colloreto Fortified Monastery is located on a plateau, and was built in 1596 by Blessed Friar Agostinian Bernardo da Rogliano. It is no coincidence that he chose this place, as it had to reflect the characters of the hermit religiosity that he professed. From what remains of the original structure, we can still notice the fortification and the tower that overlooks it.

Praia a Mare (17 Km)

Il Fortino

A military building erected in the sixteenth century for defensive purposes, it still stands imperiously on the hills of Praia a Mare.

Praia a Mare (18 Km)

Castello di Praia Mare

A cylindrical castle with two massive towers, built around the twelfth century in Norman architecture

Praia a Mare (18 Km)

Santuario di Santa Maria della Grotta

Dedicated to the patron saint of the town, nestled in a cave thousands of years due to erosion by the sea, reached by climbing a steep staircase.

Praia a Mare (18 Km)

Museo Comunale

It houses a series of very interesting panels that trace the path of man until Roman times, focusing in particular on the reality of Calabria and the upper Tyrrhenian Cosentino. The museum, however, in addition to historical and ancient finds, also houses a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art.

Praia a Mare (18 Km)

Torre di Fiuzzi

Built on a cliff, the tower is one of the highest and most impressive of the coast.

Praia a Mare (18 Km)

Spiaggia di praia a mare

Morano Calabro (18 Km)

Castello Normanno

The Norman Castle dates back to the fourteenth century. Initially the construction was a massive rectangular fortress and six corner towers, built at the behest of Sanseverino di Bisagno. It was, due to enemy wars and invasions, almost completely destroyed around 1700. The ruins that remain are in good condition.

Morano Calabro (18 Km)

Centro Studi Naturalistici del Pollino "Il Nibbio"

The Pollino Naturalistic Studies Center “Il Nibbio” is located inside the Pollino National Park and offers, at the foot of the Norman Castle, a wide look at the wonderful nature collections and the most significant wildlife in the territory.

Morano Calabro (19 Km)

Museo di Storia dell' Agricoltura e della Pastorizia

The Museum of the History of Agriculture and Pastoralism was founded in the mid-eighties at the headquarters of the Palazzo Salmena. The first materials were collected from the historical exhibition “Peasants and Shepherds in Morano”. Among the most significant materials is a “manual frame” coming from the small town of Albanian Frascineto origin.

Praia a Mare (19 Km)

Spiaggia Isola di dino

Praia a Mare (19 Km)

Grotta del Leone

The name of this cave comes from the presence inside of a rock that looks a lot like a lion lying down.

Praia a Mare (19 Km)

Grotta Azzurra

Natural cave named in this way for the intense blue color of the water inside it.

Destinations nearby

Papasidero

It is 24,7 Km away - about 39 minutes

Praia a Mare

It is 42,6 Km away - about 47 minutes

Morano Calabro

It is 43,1 Km away - about 33 minutes

Scalea

It is 54,7 Km away - about 58 minutes

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