Calabria is a particular region where millennial culture merges with unspoiled nature. There are hundreds of kilometers of coastline, beaches and sea, but also fertile plains and rugged mountain declines.

There are also typical villages, in the past the protagonists of cultural and historical events have described the ancient traditions and the naturalistic aspect and the spectacular landscapes. In this context is located Stilo, which rises on the slope of Mount Consolino that overlooks the Ionian coast.
The origins of Stilo are very ancient and date back to the destruction of Greek Caulonia, which forced the inhabitants to move to safer and more easily defensible places .

This necessity led them to populate the slopes of Mount Consolino. In the following centuries the Byzantines arrived and it was they who built the jewel of Stilo that today attracts numerous tourists from all over the world, the church called the “Catholic”.

The temple stands out from the other churches for its characteristic five domes and the red façade. Despite the earthquake of 1783 devastating throughout Calabria, the Catholic together with the other monuments were saved and so you can admire them today more or less intact: Church of San Giovanni Therestys, Duomo, Church of San Francesco and the remains of the Church of San Domenico and the Norman Castle.

Stilo is worth visiting not only for the monuments. The show itself is its position: the ancient Stilo consists of houses, leaning on top of each other, and covered with characteristic tiles.

The houses are separated by the narrow alleys, sometimes so narrow that you can safely have a conversation with the neighbors in front or control what they eat for dinner without leaving home. And this is beautiful and makes Stilo special, because in order to appreciate the beauty and atmosphere of Italian villages one must live the lives of the inhabitants.