Calabria

Chilli, 'nduja and Tropea onions: Calabria doesn't whisper, it shouts with flavour. Hold on tight.

• 'Nduja di Spilinga

  A spicy, spreadable cured sausage, Calabria's good kind of fire

• Fileja alla 'nduja

  Pasta rolled around a thin rod, with a spicy sauce and pecorino

• Cipolla rossa di Tropea

  Sweet enough to eat raw, good in jam too

• Frittole

  Pork simmered for hours in a huge copper cauldron, a festival ritual

• Pitta 'mpigliata

  A sweet pastry from San Giovanni in Fiore with walnuts, honey and cinnamon

• Bergamotto

  The fragrant gold of Reggio, grown only here and nowhere else in the world

• Ciro Rosso

  Ancient Gaglioppo, the wine the athletes of Olympia used to drink

• Greco di Bianco

  A rare, prized dessert wine from the Ionian coast

• Magliocco

  Calabria's native grape, currently winning everyone over

• Osteria della Cipolla Rossa ★ 4.7

  Tropea

• Ristorante La Conchiglia da Patea ★ 4.7

  Tropea

• Casa Romano ★ 4.7

  Tropea

• Le delizie du monaceu ★ 4.6

  Tropea

• Vicolo 34 Osteria Moderna Calabrese ★ 4.3

  Tropea

Google ratings, July 2026