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TORRE CAMIGLIATI, CALABRIA

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Situated in the heart of the Sila Grande, 30 km from Cosenza and 1.200 metres of height above the sea level, the Torre Camigliati represents a typical example of the Calabrian (in particular Silane) baronial residences. The residence, a real monument of national interest since the XVIII century, is surrounded by 60 hectares of a natural and private park, with wonderful secular threes, streams and multicolour meadows which will let you having an ideal stay.

The Torre, a majestic three-storey building, has been inhabited by the Barracco Barons until the beginning of the last century. After this period and because of the agrarian reform in the 1950 which decreed the end of the latifundium, the Tower was completely doomed to abandonment and decadence.

Since 2001 and thanks to the careful restoration and the recover of furnishings of elegant simplicity, typical for the baronial Calabrian houses, the Torre Camigliati has been transformed in the center for the Old Calabria Park, the Norman Douglas and The travellers of the Grand Tour by living, then, a new life as a cultural center for the development and promotion of the region. Indeed the center with its activities is a project aimed at promoting awareness and knowledge about the inland areas, with the purpose of valorising the cultural and environmental heritage and discovering customs, habits and traditions.

The Torre Camigliati is opened during the entire year and it is composed by a charming guestrooms, spacious living rooms and the breakfast room which serves the 12 rooms (each one with its private bathroom), 6 doubles, 2 suites (each one composed by 1 double, 1 twin and one shared bathroom), and other 2 double rooms characterized by the simple and elegant style of the Torre, with antique decors for letting you revive the same ancient atmosphere of the nineteenth-century patrician house.
The Torre Camigliati includes, in the adjacent cottages, 7 small apartments with 1 or 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, one living room with kitchen and fireplace, TV and WI-FI service. The residence has the Picnic area and an equipped stables able to house up to five horses. We organize visits in the most artistic points of interest of the area as well as excursions in the most beautiful and naturalistic riches of the surrounding territory.

ECOLOGICO TOURS, UMBRIA

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Walking into the nature without haste and by following the own rhythm, admiring breathtaking views, climbing sinuous hills and breathing fresh air, discovering lush forests and flourishing valleys or walking alongside lively streams and observing them ending in deep blue lakes. 

This is the philosophy of Ecological Tours that since 2000 organizes short trips in bicycle and excursions on greenways among beautiful landscapes which will lead you discovering historic and eternal sites and other natural and artistic beauties in Umbria, Toscana and within the whole Italian and European territory. 

The safety level of our tours is checked and verified every year by our collaborators and competent guides licensed by the Region. Each tour (as, for instance, the bike short trips and the hiking’s activities) could be organized as a group tour or an individual one - each one assisted by the telephonic or the frontal assistance of our collaborators, and with the possibility of choosing between different difficulty levels.

Ecological Tours is a travel agency that aims to protect the surrounding territory and to encourage a responsible tourism. Our agency supports the non-profit association Trees For All and in particular its project in the Philippines for the restocking of woods and the consequent reduction of the Earth pollution’s level and the no-profit organization World Bicycle Relief which works in poor and disadvantage country with the purpose of distributing bikes and transforming them in sources of life and progress. 

In 2011, Ecological Tours won the Premio Turismo Cultura awarded by the Unesco, a price assigned to travel operators and agencies that organize and promote trips in destinations recognized by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. 

Indeed, besides to the naturalistic trips and excursions, Ecoligical Tour offers tours and visits in historical villages and cities that own artistic architectural heritage of rare value, where it is still possible to listen and to have conversations with the locals in order to learn about histories and traditions, or simply to take a break for tasting typical delicacies and wines made by local producers, authentic “sources” of the true gastronomic taste! 

In addition, we promote events with the aim of creating synergy between people and territory as we are convinced that what is surrounding us today is our present but yet the future for the next generations and preserving it and taking care of it, it really means living in a better world.