itineraries
	Il paesaggio calabrese ... é un paesaggio di forme distese e quasi spianate, un paesaggio essenzialmente di lunghezza, in cui la luce gioca fra massa e massa di rilievo, tra solco e solco di fiume e di fiumare, formando successioni di quinte in ombra e in sole, sino alle pareti dei grandi rilievi terminali, mentre il mare continua, con la linea del suo orizzonte, quella delle alture e la congiunge ai profili e ai piani di altre alture, facendo da sfondo a grandi quadri dai cieli altissimi e luminosissimi. G. Isnardi, Del paesaggio calabrese, 1953		the opening trip the classic grand tour itinerary tra eremi e santuari castelli, profeti e ricami calabria terra d´oriente: dall'albania a bisanzio tra paesaggio e arte Our journey through the Old Calabria Literary Park is imbued with the spirit of Norman Douglas’ great book of the same name. We were overjoyed to find the same magnificent mountains and scenery, the same remote and high-perched villages, that so excited him (perhaps in part because certain features of the three Silas reminded him of the views and atmosphere in the Scottish Highlands). Such was Douglas’ enthusiasm that he returned to Calabria several times on his walking tours, accompanied by young lads, like the heroes and sages of ancient Greece. We will travel once again through this vast and complex region, introducing it to the travellers of today. We follow in the footsteps of the writers who went there and wrote about it, basing ourselves on their descriptions and impressions. We suggest a single itinerary that seems both practical and comprehensive. It can be broken up into shorter trips to be taken more slowly and extended with all the detours which sudden enthusiasms and discoveries might inspire.		morano calabro panorama con la cupola della cattedrale foto di a.renda