Tropea Calabria southern Italy

Tropea is also a village in the prefecture of Arcadia in Greece, see by the alternative name of tropaia. The church on Isola Bella, Tropea is a picturesque piece of history that is one of the most famous features of this stunning town.

Tropea(Greek: Tropaea, Trophea) is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria (southern Italy).

The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St. Euphemia connected with the mainland by a narrow strip in the Tyrhennian sea, toward the south with respect to Vibo Valentia and northward with respect to Ricardi and Capo Vaticano.

Major sights to see here include the Franciscan monastery, the 12th century Norman cathedral and the Tropea Castle -destroyed in 1876. People noted in history from Tropea include the philosopher Pasquale Galluppi, well known actor actor Raf Valloneand American mobster Albert Anastasia!

Many villages around Tropea produce a particular quality of red onion. In Italy these onions are so famous that cipolla di Tropea ("Tropea onion" or "Tropea's onion") has become an Italian synonym for all red onions.

One of the gelaterias in town, Tonino in the Corso, even makes a red onion ice cream (as well as others based on squid ink and nduja, the local spicy salami).

Tropea town has had a massive level of tourism over the last 20 years mainly from Italian tourism from the northern regions of Italy due to its crystal clear waters and rich history. Tropea over the last 5 years is seeing a very large increase every year from the international tourist markets filling all the hotels in the are and resulting in a very large demand for private rental properties and an ever increasing demand for holiday homes resulting in these Calabria properties offering extremely high rental returns and very strong capital appreciation!

The town is located just 25km from the stunning town of Pizzo Calabria that is fast becoming the main competitor for the tourism in the region of Calabria also offering some of the best value Calabria properties available!

The properties for sale in Calabria in this area are of very high quality and design and all offer fantastic sea views and luxury lifestyle all at some of the lowest prices available in the EU!

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