Felice Italia: Tropea

We changed our plans half way through the trip and had some extra time to incorporate some more places off the beaten path! Yay! More beach time. We picked a tiny little town called Tropea, famous for its jaw dropping beaches, sweet red onions and views of the Stromboli volcano. We rented a little apartment on the top of a hill as well as a scooter and spent the next eight days in paradise!

It was refreshing to be able to make our own coffee for a change..

The main beach of Tropea town and the one that attracts all of its visitors..it was so beautiful!

View from our terrace over the town! It was very hard to leave this spot.

View from our bed.

Catching some glorious rays and Dyl loving our little scooty!

Another magnificent beach in the area..Cherries are seriously delicious and cheap in Italy, we have not stopped with them!

Bored and silly on the beach!

Sheer cliffs from Tropea town overlooking the main beach, makes for an awesome photo!

The sleeping giant, Stromboli.

This was the most magnificent sunset ever.

Lucky me! Dyl cooking up a storm, this was a vegetable risotto using fresh local ingredients namely the beautiful cipolla di tropea

Italian lighties playing football which they took very seriously, we sat and watched them for ages in a little piazza. This was real entertainment!

Cipollo di Tropea

Italian groceries..

We were invited to a sunday family lunch, the family of the owner of our apartments. This was such an honour and a very special day for us. Obviously the food was out of this world and the company just wonderful! Felt like we had known them forever.

Capo Di Vaticano

This pizzeria holds the oldest oven in the town (the origional oven that was used to bake bread), over 100 years old and they stick to origional and authentic recipes. This was a family run spot and such a little gem, we were loving the wine being decanted out of the barrel...Must get one of these for home!