Sila National Park
Sila National Park
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The Park includes the 3 areas denominated “Sila Grande”, “Sila Piccola” and “Sila Greca”for a total of 73.695 hectares. Tourism within the National Park Of the Sila, is in continuous development through the touristic activities mainly bounded to the winter season and the fruition of the ski lifts . Many qualified services were born bounded to the vacation activities (trekking, orienteering, etc.).In the National Park of the Sila, there are two visiting centers functioning: the Visiting Center of “Cupone”, within the municipal of Spezzano della Sila (CS) and the Visiting Center of “Monaco”, within the municipal of Taverna (CZ).
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2TravVzs
United States37 contributions
Oct 2019
If you wisely make your way to Calabria, be sure to include at least a day to visit the Sila. (Outdoors lovers, hikers, campers will want more time!) The mountains, lakes and plains and the park area are beautiful and rich with great flora and animals to see and, outside of the high lively summer holiday season, wonderfully free from tourists/tour groups.
Our first stop was the Il Gigante (the giants - a grove of very tall larch pines and mountain maples planted in the seventeenth century) and it's walking trail. Within 10 minutes, we were becoming believers in the healing and special qualities of the air that locals espouse. Then, as we moved around the park, beautiful hillsides, unique local cattle grazing in rocky road-side hilly areas, just-harvested potato fields, made for a particularly relaxing and informative day. In and just outside of the park we enjoyed the local Sila potatoes, vegetables, cheese and breads. (Unusual for us as we seldom take time for food experiences.)
It is UNESCO tentative listed. We did not want to leave, and asked our guide to just keep taking us to more areas of the park.
Our first stop was the Il Gigante (the giants - a grove of very tall larch pines and mountain maples planted in the seventeenth century) and it's walking trail. Within 10 minutes, we were becoming believers in the healing and special qualities of the air that locals espouse. Then, as we moved around the park, beautiful hillsides, unique local cattle grazing in rocky road-side hilly areas, just-harvested potato fields, made for a particularly relaxing and informative day. In and just outside of the park we enjoyed the local Sila potatoes, vegetables, cheese and breads. (Unusual for us as we seldom take time for food experiences.)
It is UNESCO tentative listed. We did not want to leave, and asked our guide to just keep taking us to more areas of the park.
Written 11 January 2020
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B d A
Athens, Greece1,004 contributions
Mar 2023 • Friends
Translucent, articulate, altiplano lakes and conifers and an uncrowded route. The St Giovanni is an unbalanced hard to grasp event, overgrown, busy, philistine, dramatic. However the scenery and the bluish of the National Park serves matters at their best.
Written 11 April 2023
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Rob
West Sussex, UK692 contributions
May 2015 • Solo
This is a lovely Park and there are some wonderful walks taking in all the natural beauty. Wildlife is in abundance. You could spend hours exploring. One observation don't try and drive the complete circuit around the park by car as the roads/tracks are very treacherous. You should only attempt this if you have a 4x4.
Written 31 May 2015
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MrSatan79
London, UK96 contributions
Sept 2014 • Couples
Sila is a beautiful park in the middle of calabria with 3 lovely lakes. It is a perfect place to walk in the nature and eat in a small restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Please consider that there is not an "entrance": the park is a huge area of calabria and you can cross it as you prefer. There are several interesting places but, in general, you can find trekking paths everywhere.
Written 12 September 2014
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587Helen1983
Israel48 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
If you like hiking this is a beautiful park especially at this time of the year. It also happened to be the mushroom festival and there are plenty in the forests and being sold in the markets.
Trees are changing colors and it is very scenic. The center has an explanation of the vegetation and geological development of the park in English and Italian.
We stayed in a small town by the name of Camigliatello
Trees are changing colors and it is very scenic. The center has an explanation of the vegetation and geological development of the park in English and Italian.
We stayed in a small town by the name of Camigliatello
Written 19 October 2014
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Franco P
Falkirk, UK5 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
Great place to visit if you enjoy nature and the out doors. I’ve been going for a number of years and enjoy cycling in the park. Food is also great with all local produce.
Written 7 August 2018
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Dana G
Bucharest, Romania29 contributions
May 2017
Around 65 kilometers of beautiful road with incredible views, a lot of camping areas and restaurants, bike friendly, lakes, forests and everything a nature lover might desire. One of the best surprises Italy offered us.
Written 19 May 2017
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Rivergirl
Fairmont, WV32 contributions
Aug 2013 • Family
The beauty was unbelievable. We hiked all day with our Italian Cugino's ( cousins).. and had so many things to talk about in nature.
Written 11 December 2013
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Ali H
New Malden, UK39 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
If you like the outdoors this is worth a visit when in the area.
It would be advisable to drive around the park first and then pick your starting point for a hike as there are several - this will allow you you get your bearings and choose what area you want to cover.
There are hikes to suit everyone from the light stroll to the hardcore 5hr all day job.
Strong shoes, water and some food are a must. There are toilets, a few cafes and spaces for barbecues.
The drive from Catanzaro lido to the national park is 1.5 hrs but allows you to take in some of southern Italys most breathtaking scenery, but leave early and ensure you have a GPS with road closure updates as the multiple mountain bridges and tunnels can be closed off with diversions through small mountain villages
It would be advisable to drive around the park first and then pick your starting point for a hike as there are several - this will allow you you get your bearings and choose what area you want to cover.
There are hikes to suit everyone from the light stroll to the hardcore 5hr all day job.
Strong shoes, water and some food are a must. There are toilets, a few cafes and spaces for barbecues.
The drive from Catanzaro lido to the national park is 1.5 hrs but allows you to take in some of southern Italys most breathtaking scenery, but leave early and ensure you have a GPS with road closure updates as the multiple mountain bridges and tunnels can be closed off with diversions through small mountain villages
Written 18 July 2017
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Betula103
Australia7,855 contributions
Oct 2015 • Friends
If you want to do long treks this would be a wonderful place, in which case you need many, many hours. We were taken there on a tour for a couple of hours and were extremely disappointed because there was a lot of travel involved getting there and the Tourist Centre displays were very poor when compared with other similar places in many countries I have visited. We felt that very little care was taken with maintenance of the area; this attitude being apparent in many places in Calabria including the capital Conzenza. When you go into the neighbouring province of Apulia you immediately notice it is so much better maintained. Our Italian tour guide said it is typical of the easy-going attitude in Calabria.
Written 17 January 2016
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E’ possibile visitare il parco in compagnia di un cane di piccola taglia ?
Written 19 July 2021
Buongiorno sto arrivando in Calabria, farò una vacanza itinerante, e mi piacerebbe visitare il parco e fare brevi passeggiate non troppo difficoltoso poiché mio marito cammina ma con il mio aiuto. Da dove mi consigliate partire? Ed in quale è opportuno pernottare? Mi vorrei fermare 2 notti.
Grazie per l'aiuto.
Written 2 July 2018
Buonasera sto organizzando la vacanza in Calabria e vorrei visitare il parco. Ho necessità di sapere se posso entrare con un Chiuaua.... vedo foto di turisti con cani. Grazie
Alessio
Written 9 June 2018
Buonasera, non ne ho la certezza, ma al 99% penso non ci siano problemi.
Written 16 June 2018
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Con bambino di 2 anni e bambina 6 cosa consigliate come zona ?grazie
Written 8 May 2018
Hi! I would like to visit La Sila in June. I wonder if there is a convenient bus connection from south e.g. Lamezia Terme to any place with easy access to nice walks, lakes etc.? Is it possible to use Ferrovie della Calabria places worth seeing?
Could Rogliano be the base of the visit or would Camigliatello Silano be a better choice? Any accommodation to be recommended?
I appreciate any information :)
Written 18 April 2015
Hi Can't help you because we had a rented car but I would get in touch with the park services.
We stayed in Camigliatello at the SILA HOTEL. This is a small town but has places to eat and stores to browse in and locals to meet.
There is also a park center where there is a trail that explains in Italian and English about the local vegetation.
Good Luck
Written 18 April 2015
L'ipad mi corregge facendomi sbagliare: una madre sa amare i propri figli.....
Written 22 January 2015
Non ho ben compreso la domanda
Written 28 January 2015
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