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Hotel Lo Scoiattolo
Villaggio Palumbo 88836 Cotronei, Italy
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USD 133.03 - 157.21 |
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| Rooms |
40 |
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| Description |
Lo Scoiattolo Is A Recently Built Hotel Complex,
Standing Right In The Heart Of Palumbo Village,
Very Close To Cotronei.
Harmonically Blending Into Its Typical Sila
Surroundings, The Structure, Boasting 40 Rooms,
All With Telephone And Color Tv, Also Has A
Reception Hall, Bar, Sauna, Room For Banquets And
Receptions, Tv Room, Game Room, Solarium, And An
Internal Supervised Car Park.
The Restaurant Is Excellent, Offering The
Tastiest Dishes From The Sila Cookery.
Situated Facing The Ski Lifts And The Artificial
Bobsleigh Run, Offering Equipment Rental And
Skiing Instruction, As Well As Various After Ski
Rooms.
The Hotel Is The Ideal Place For A Sports Holiday
Marked By Entertainment And Relaxation In An
Enchantingly Beautiful Natural Setting.
The Recreational Activities Contribute To Enliven
A Stay At Lo Scoiattolo, Organized Under The
Aegis Of The Palumbo Sila, In Which The Hotel*s
Guests Can Participate Through Club Membership
*on Payment* That Gives The Right Of Entry To The
Discotheque And Piano Bar.
In Addition, Through This Membership It Is
Possible To Take Part In The Animation Activities
And Benefit From The Discounts On The Ski Lift
And Artificial Bobsleigh Run.
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By Car
The Hotel Is Reached By Means Of The A/3
Motorway, Cosenza Exit.
From Here Take The Ss 107.
Or Take The Ss 106 To The Pasovecchio Junction.
From Here Take The Ss 107 West, Up To The Neto
Bridge, From Where, Finally, Proceed For About 10
Km. Along The Ss 109.
By Plane
The Hotel Is About 68 Km From The Lamezia Terme
Airport And About 42 Km From The Crotone Airport.
By Train
The Hotel Is About 8 Km From The Railway Station
Of Cotronei.
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| Room Information |
- Standard Rm 1 Double -
Standard Room With One Double Bed
Nice Room With Balcony With Mountain View
- Standard Rm 2 Twins -
Standard Room With Two Twin Beds
Nice Room With Balcony With Mountain View
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| Area Information |
Villaggio Palumbo
Villaggio Palumbo Is In The Area Of Lake
Ampollino In The Heart Of The Sila Piccola And Is
An Important Tourist Resort In The Province Of
Crotone.
Thanks To Its Modern And Efficient Structures The
Mountain Centre Hosts Many Tourists Throughout
The Year, Offering Various Possibilities Of
Entertainment And Relaxation.
It Is Possible, In Fact, During The Winter
Season, To Ski On Different Kinds Of Piste, For
An Overall Distance Of 25 Km., Served By
Excellent Lifts, Including A Two-seat And A
Three-seat Chair-lift, A Hand-lift, And Three
Ski-lifts. The Arrival And Departure Stations
Have A Bar, Self-service Caf , Restaurants,
Solarium, Ski School Affiliated To The Fisi,
Centres To Hire And Buy Sporting Equipment And
Spacious Parking For Cars And Coaches.
Cross-country Skiing Is Practised Along The
Different Snow-covered Footpaths Surrounding The
Pine And Beech Woods.
Villaggio Palumbo Also Has An Ice-rink Covered
Both In Summer And Winter, And An Artificial
Steel Bobsleigh Piste, The First In Italy, A Good
Kilometre Long. For Experts There Is Another That
Comes Down From 1,500 M Asl.
For Fishing And Water Sports Enthusiasts There Is
The Acquaclub Centre On Lake Ampollino, That Has
A Marina, Swimming Pool And Beach Where
Surfboards, Pattinoes And Boats Can Be Hired.
Furthermore, Hiking, Horse-riding And Lovely
Excursions Can Be Enjoyed To Savour The Scenic
Beauty Of The Sila Plateau Landscape.
The Resort Is Provided With A Runway For Light
Aircraft And Helicopters. Finally, Both In Summer
And Winter Many Events Are Organised , Feasts Of
Typical Products And Exhibitions By Local
Craftsmen.
Cotronei
Cut Into The Hillside In The Wide Neta Valley,
Cotronei Is One Of The Most Important Tourist
Resorts In The Province Of Crotone.
Its Foundation Appears To Be Attributable To The
Kroton Colonists, Who Created A Defensive Outpost
Here.
Some Finds Dating Back To The Bronze Age Lead To
The Belief That Before Greek Colonization The
Cotronei Territory Was An Important Transit Point
For The People Of The Area.
Incised Drawings Found In Some Grottoes Showing
Greek Crosses And Doves, Testify To The Presence,
In Byzantine Times, Of Greek Anchorites, Monks
Who Lived In Solitude, Devoting Their Time To
Prayer And Fasting.
In 1219 King Frederick Ii Of Swabia Consigned The
Town To The Florensian Monks Of S. Giovanni In
Fiore, While Later, It Passed To The Monastery Of
The Three Young Men Of Caccuri.
From The Thirteenth Century On Cotronei Underwent
Alternating Fortune.
First It Became A Feud Of The Ruffo Family, Then
Of The Morano Barons, Finally, In 1711 Passing To
The Filomarino Family.
At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century The
Surrounding Woods Became The Lair Of Brigands And
In Order To Subdue Them, The Town Was Burnt Down
Several Times By The Italian Light Infantrymen.
The Historic Center, Typified By Narrow Lanes,
Ancient Arches And Small Craft Shops,
Specializing In Worked Iron And Wicker Baskets,
Preserves The Church Of St. Nicholas And The
Morano-filomarino-verga Mansion.
Nowadays A Flourishing Farming And Commercial
Center, Cotronei, Thanks To The Creation Of
Hydro-electric Plants Built At The Beginning Of
The Twentieth Century, Has Become A Place Of
Prime Importance In The Energy Production Sector.
The Farm Produce And The Cookery Is Excellent.
In Fact, Its Production Of Olive Oil, Mushrooms
And Dried Figs Is Renowned Throughout Calabria.
The Hotel Is Located About 19 Km From Santa
Severina.
On A High Tufaceous Outcrop, Dominating The River
Neto Valley, Stands Santa Severina, An Important
Inland Farming Center In The Province Of Crotone.
The Town, Once The Ancient Siberene, Boasts Very
Remote Origins.
Santa Severina Was A Religious Center And An
Important Greek Orthodox See, But Was Conquered
By The Normans Led By Roger The Guiscard In 1073
And Passed Successively Under The Rule Of The
Swabians, Angevins And Aragonese.
The Feud Of Various Noble Families Until 1806,
The Year In Which Feudalism Was Abolished By
Napoleonic Decree, Santa Severina Still Preserves
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