Aiello Calabro
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
When Saracens besieged the castle hoping to starve it out, legend says the people of Aiello threw cheeses from the walls to show they had food to spare. The ruins still crown this hill village above the Tyrrhenian coast, over the 16th-century Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina and other noble houses, and the farms around produce olive oil, wine and dried figs.
Highlights
- The castle ruins above the village
- Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina and the Cybo chapel at the former Observant convent
- Santa Maria Maggiore, holding the relics of San Geniale
- The feast of the Madonna delle Grazie on 1 and 2 July
- Local dried figs, olive oil and wine
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Aiello Calabro (IT), Aiello Calabro (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,406
Events through the year
- Feast of San Geniale
- Feast of the Madonna delle GrazieThe village's main festival
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Aiello Calabro). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Olive oilOlive oil
- Local wineWine
- Dried figsLocal produce
Adapted from Wikipedia (Aiello Calabro). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Vasca pubblica di Caronte (IT) · ~47 min by car
- Hot spring: Piscina · ~47 min by car
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