a city in the heart of Calabria, and easyJet is starting one from Gatwick. There are new and updated coastal resorts, ‘agriturismo’ farm-stays and rural B&Bs starting up in the mountains.

The 'Ndrangheta, rooted in the southern region of Calabria, has surpassed Sicily's better-known Cosa Nostra to become Italy's most powerful mafia group, now operating across the world. The 'Ndrangheta ...

In Gasperina, a small town in the Calabria region of southern ... back to trace their roots. "Most of Italy's emigrants left small rural towns and want to visit them. By making travel to these ...

But like other rural areas of Italy, the region is suffering from ... initiative last year in an attempt to bolster the region of Calabria, situated in the 'toe' of the country's 'boot'.

Its reputation long tainted by associations with organized crime, Italy's southernmost mainland region of Calabria remains one of the country's least popular destinations with international travelers.

In this part of Italy, wildfires do more than force evacuations and turn the ground to ash - they destroy the history and ecology of the land. As we drive around the hills of central Calabria's ...