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Calabria's Bergamot Coast: Greek Villages, a Hand-Shaped Rock, and the Fruit Behind Earl Grey

Destination Guides

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Oct 9, 2026

Calabria's Bergamot Coast: Greek Villages, a Hand-Shaped Rock, and the Fruit Behind Earl Grey

Nearly all the world's bergamot oil comes from one hundred kilometers of coast at the toe of Italy, in a region most itineraries skip.

Earl Grey: The Most Famous Tea Story Nobody Can Prove

Tea Culture

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Oct 5, 2026

Earl Grey: The Most Famous Tea Story Nobody Can Prove

A prime minister, a grateful mandarin, and a fruit that grows almost nowhere but the toe of Italy.

Pietra Cappa and the Valley of the Great Stones

Outdoors

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Oct 1, 2026

Pietra Cappa and the Valley of the Great Stones

A hollow stone, a valley of hermits' caves, and an Aspromonte morning spent standing still.

Five Places in Calabria Worth Crossing an Ocean For

Five Places

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Sep 24, 2026

Five Places in Calabria Worth Crossing an Ocean For

Two bronze warriors, a cathedral built from a Greek temple, a village shaped like a hand, and a place where the Greek never stopped.

What to Do in Calabria: A Bike Down the Mountain, a Waterfall Walk, and Groves at Harvest

In Motion

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Sep 21, 2026

What to Do in Calabria: A Bike Down the Mountain, a Waterfall Walk, and Groves at Harvest

From a ski village at 1,320 meters to the seafront at Reggio, and the winter weeks when the bergamot comes off the trees.

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