Pizzo Calabria southern Italy

Pizzo is a seaport and commune in the province of Vibo Valentia (Calabria, southern Italy), situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia. Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tuna and coral.

In 1783 the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and it suffered some damage from the same cause in 1905. It has an old castle, built by the Aragonese in the 15th century, in which Joachim Murat, ex-king of Naples, was shot on October 13, 1815.

Other sights include the Baroque church of St. George (1632) and the cave church of Piedigrotta (17th century)

Pizzo is famous in the area for its Tartufo, a large ball of ice cream filled with molten chocolate invented in the area and exported world wide.

The town has recently been benefiting from a lot of major investment in refurbishing many of the historical buildings in the section of old town and now work is well under way on a large marina in the sea front promenade that will put the town into directed completion with Tropea that is currently the most popular tourist town due to its historical sections and large marina.

Pizzo is heading to become the new most popular touristic town in Calabria being only 20km from the international airport of Lamezia Terme and the main Rome and Milan train line station only 4km away this town is a real investment star for people looking for capital appreciation and rental incomes especially due to the lack of hotels in the area resulting in an ever increasing demand for rental properties for the international and Italian tourism that has been increasing steadily year on year for the past five years!

Properties in Calabria in the area of Pizzo town currently on the market are priced at some very attracted prices under 80,000 euro and with the local banks offering upto 75% loan to value mortgages it is affordable to everyone!

The whole town is nestled on a stunning slope resulting in all properties have wonderful sea views and at dusk the sun setting over the sea lights up the area in a truly dream like setting!

The Calabria properties for sale around the Pizzo town area offer the very best in holiday home and investment potential currently available in Italy!

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