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Hotel Federica
Via Nazionale 82 89040 Riace, Italy
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USD 198.33 - 201.39 |
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| Description |
Hotel Federica Is A Lovely, Functional Hotel
Standing Right On The Beach, On One Of The Most
Beautiful Stretches Of The Ionian Coast In The
Province Of Reggio, The Jasmine Riviera.
Recently Built, It Was In Fact Inaugurated In
1996.
The Hotel Stands Not Far From Where The Now
Famous Bronzes Of Riace Were Found In The 70*s.
It Has 15 Comfortable Rooms And One Suite, All
With An En-suite Bathroom, Air-conditioning, Tv,
Telephone And Refrigerated Bar.
In Addition, All The Rooms Have A Terrace Or
Balcony Looking Onto The Sea.
The Other Rooms In The Hotel Are Also Elegant And
Well Maintained, All With Air-conditioning. The
Bar With Adjoining Lounge And The Large
Restaurant With View Over The Sea.
Set In The Greenery Of A Magnificent Garden, The
Federica Has A Car Park With Custodian, Garage,
Private Beach And Beach Service.
Run With Professional Attention And Courtesy By
The Owners Themselves, Provided With Modern,
Efficient Facilities, The Hotel Lets Visitors
Spend A Peaceful Seaside Holiday Or A Comfortable
Business Trip.
Moreover, Its Convenience For Interesting
Naturalistic Centers Rich In History And
Tradition Like Stilo, Bivongi, Pazzano And
Gerace, Allows The Visitor The Choice Of Spending
His Free Time With A Cultural Or Sporting
Itinerary.
The Hotel Federica Is Open All Year Around.
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By Car
The Hotel Can Be Reached By Following The Ss 106
To The Riace Marina Junction.
Then Proceed For About 8 Km Inland.
By Plane
The Hotel Is About 140 Km From The Reggio
Calabria And 100 Km From The Lametia Terme
Airport.
By Train
The Hotel Is About 500 Mt From The Riace Railway
Station.
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| Room Information |
- Standard Rm 1 Double -
Standard Room With One Double Bed
Private Bathroom With Bath Tub Or Shower
- Standard Rm 2 Twins -
Standard Room With Two Twin Beds
Private Bathroom With Bath Tub Or Shower
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| Area Information |
Riace Riace Is A Gracious Village In The
Provincia Reggina, Famous For The Discovery In
The Early 70*s Of The Celebrated Bronzes, Today
Kept In The National Museum In Reggio Calabria.
Located Along The Southeastern Slopes Of The
Mountain Range, The Village, Whose Historic
Centre Stands On A Hill At 300 M. Asl, In Recent
Times Has Developed Along The Coast, And Nowadays
Has Become A Well Known Tourist Resort.
The Historic Center Highly Characteristic For Its
Catalan-aragonese Stamp, Preserves Extensive
Traces Of The Old Town Walls, The Two Gates Known
As *dell*acqua* And *santa Caterina*, Various
Churches And The Casamona Tower.
The Mild Climate Of The Area, Typified By Long
Summers And Precocious Springs, Favors Typical
Mediterranean Cultivation And, Especially That Of
Olives And Citrus Fruit.
The Sea Is Clear And Full Of Fish, That Make Up
The Main Ingredient Of The Well Known Local
Cookery, That Is Also Renowned For Its Cheeses.
The Hotel Is Located 9 Km From Stilo.
Stilo One Of The Most Fascinating Places And
Most Richly Steeped In History Of The Ionian Side
Of The Province Of Reggio, Is Situated On The
Slopes Of Mount Consolino, Along The Middle
Stretch Of The River Stilaro Valley.
Its Name In Greek Means Column, And Its Most
Ancient History Is Probably Bound To The Greek
Colony Caulonia That Was Situated On The Coast
Facing The Town, As The Numerous Finds From
Necropoli Testify Too.
Up To Halfway Through The Eighth Century Ad, It
Was Involved With The Presence Of Basilian Monks,
And In The Tenth Century Became One Of The Most
Important Byzantine Centers In Calabria.
The Home Town Of The Famous Philosopher Tommaso
Campanella, It Preserves Infinite Evidence To Its
Illustrious Past The Superb Cattolica, The
Norman Castle, The Medieval Towers, The Royal
Palace And Its Beautiful Churches.
Its Area Is Renowned For The Production Of
Excellent Wine, Olive Oil And Citrus Fruits And
For Sheep, Goat And Cattle Breeding.
The Typical Cuisine Is Rich And Tasty, With Its
Roots In The Most Genuine Calabrian Culinary
Tradition, And Is Typified By Decisive And Spicy
Flavors.
The Hotel Is Located 17 Km From Roccella Ionica.
Roccella Ionica A Gracious Tourist Resort Of The
Province Of Reggio, Rises In A Panoramic
Position, Piled Up On A Rocky Spur 25 M. Asl.
The Village Later Gained Great Importance In The
Fourteenth Century, Under The Carafa Princes.
The Majestic Castle, Whose Important Ruins
Survive, Dominates The Center Of Roccella And Was
The Home Of These Neapolitan Princes.
Roccella Ionica, Today A Thriving Agricultural
And Fishing Center, Is Also Distinguished By Its
Working Of Jasmine, From Which An Essence Is
Obtained To Be Used In Perfume Production.
The Village Is Also Known For Its Famous Jazz
Festival, A Musical Event Of European Importance.
The Hotel Is Located 30 Km From Locri.
Locri One Of The Best Known And Most Studied Of
The Calabrian Greek Colonies.
After Some Years, However, The Colonists Moved
North About 20 Km To A Vast And Fertile Plain
Situated On The Side Of A Hill.
Here On The Foothills Of Aspromonte, And Parallel
To The Coastline, Stood The Definitive Site Of
The City.
A Short While After Its Foundation, Probably
Halfway Through The Seventh Century Bc, The
Legislator Zaleuco Gave Locri A Corpus Of Written
Laws That Is Europe*s Oldest Legislative Code.
Locri Enjoyed Its Greatest Splendor Up To The
First Decades Of The Fifth Century, But Already
From The Fourth Century Bc, Once Entered The
Sphere Of Influence Of Syracuse, The City Began A
Steady And Irreversible Process Of Decline.
In 205 Bc It Finally Became A Roman Municipium.
Locri Was Definitively Abandoned About The
Seventh Or Eighth Century Ad, When Its
Inhabitants Retired To Fortifications On The
Higher Land Of Nearby Gerace, To Protect
Themselves From Arab Incursions.
From The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century,
The Latter Also Developed Along The Coast,
Creating An Outlying Ward That In 1934 Took The
Name Of Locri.
The Modern Town, Whose Tourist Vocation Has
Become More Accentuated In The Last Few Decades,
Today Is One Of The Most Active Industrial And
Commercial Centers Of The Province Of Reggio.
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