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How was the B&B Amphisya born?a flattery lasted years...

"We don’t fall in love only with people. There are places that come into our heart and don’t leave it anymore. I discovered that crumbling ruin in Martiri lane by chance and I was very impressed from it.
I tried to convince the owner of the old house to sell it to me for years; it was like a long flattery but at the end I had it! And I had a very clear idea in my mind since the beginning: to make of those old walls a meeting place, a little oasis of peace, a starting point from which to leave for discovering my village.
Torrent’s stones, blocks, shingles’ scraps, clay little bricks are the things that have been used to build what today is the Amphisya B&B.
The way has been long: the house was very ruined so it was impossible to renovate it and many people suggested me to destroy it and to build a new house. But I didn’t want to demolish two centuries of history written by fishmen, peasant and farmers.
In those walls, where there was an oven, bread had been cooked, the ground floor was a stable and that little area of fishmen’s houses was so lively! All this was so important to me that I had to try to renovate the house… So, thanks to the suggestions of a “capomastro”- the main construction worker, the art of a worker of Bivongi, (which with I went to stole the stones from the river), the simple and delicate touch of my wife and the intuition of my son, the B&B began to take shape.
Everything in the B&B is calabrian: the wooden beams are from Fabrizia, a village of Serre Mountains; the roof tiles are old; the granite, used for the windows and the balconies, had been used also for building the gate of the rich houses. The old floor, recycled in a little part, has been used for the landing while the balconies in wrought-iron have been made by a smith of Gioiosa. The power economy by solar panels, air conditioning and the free use of bike  give to the Amphisya B&B a modernity touch that offers to our customers the sensation to feel good also in holiday like in own house. This is our story.”
Enzo.

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Game fishing (tourist fishing excursions)

Amphisya B&B offers to its customers the opportunity to make fish hunting on boat with professional fishermen and with the best equipment in the today’s trade.
Vincenzo Muscolo, a known fisherman and official testimonial of important brands in the fish world, will go with you during exciting spinning, vertical jigging, eging sessions and more. www.vincenzomuscolo.com

Vincenzo Mari, trawler fishing and drifting Italian champion, instead, will go with you to look for coastal predator fishes and the big red tuna.

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Fitwalking at Roccella Jonica

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Roccella Jonicaa paradise for everybody

Roccella Jonica has very old origins, that probably date back to the Magna Grecia time. The village, indeed, is the ancient place called Amphisya by the latin poet Ovidio in his poems. In the X century the village is called already Rupella, then Aroccella, until the actual name of Roccella for its position on a rock.
The first document that testifies the existence of Roccella dates back to the 1270: it’s the sell of the Castle by Carlo I d’Angiò to Gualtieri de Collepietro.
Roccella was an important fortress in the defence of the cost from the Saracen invasion as the heraldic banner symbolizes, representing a warrior that fights against a Moor.
Today, the Castle is the first thing that a traveler notices arriving to Roccella, because it dominates all the village from the rock in which is located.
In the town centre there are many interesting buildings like Englen Palace (today  Tassone Palace), built probably in the XVIII century. It is one of the most impressive buildings in the village and it belonged to the Englen’s noble family, moved to Roccella at the end of XVII century from Acquaro d’Arena (CZ).
Placido Palace is another interesting building; built probably in XVIII century, it’s on three levels. At the ground floor is a little patio with a nice fountain and on the façade is a great portal in sculpted stone.
Other interesting buildings are: Villa Alicastro, Villa Carafa, Palazzo Congiusta.
In addition to the monuments, you can get the history of Roccella going through the lanes of the “Borgo”, the high part of the village, where there are many examples of the rural culture (typical houses, oil mill, ect) or visiting the sea burgs as Zirgone e Sant’Antonio. The popular traditions are valued every year by many feasts to which people takes part in a very active way.
Among the itineraries, we suggest you to make that along the north part of the rock’s slope from Via Torrente Zirgone to the Castle. The route is easy thanks to stairs and leaves from the stream where the Madonna delle Grazie’s Sanctuary rises.
Along this itinerary, you can see in a splendid natural frame, the Teatro al Castello, in which every year important shows take place as the famous International Jazz Festival “Rumori Mediterranei” .
To visit also San Nicola Church (ex Aleph), the Matrice Church, the two monolithic columns.
The beautiful sandy beach attracts many tourists from every part of Italy.

2016 new flags:
Bandiera Blu - 5 Vele Legambiente

Info and useful linksplaces of interest and tradition

• Monuments
• "Cittadella Medioevale". Medieval town. You  can see the ruins through a panoramic walking from Torrente Zirgone to Torre di Pizzofalcone, an observation tower.
• Castello dei Carafa
• Chiesa Matrice
• Chiesa San Nicola Ex Aleph
• Chiesa di Santa Anastasia
• Santuario Madonna Santissima delle Grazie
• Chiesa di San Giuseppe
• Chiesa di San Sostene
• Teatro al Castello
• Colonne Melissari
• Porto turistico "delle Grazie"
• Convento dei minimi
• Vicoli Picatari
• Borgo Antico
• Lungomare

Buildings of historical relevance
Palazzo Baudille
Palazzo Congiusta
Palazzo Englen
Palazzo Placido
Palazzo Rossetti
Palazzo Ursini
Villa Carafa
Villa Alicastro

Traditions and events

Maria S.S. delle Grazie Feast
Every year, the first Sunday of the july there is the feast in honor of the Virgin “Maria S. S. delle Grazie”, patron of the fishermen of the village. It’s a feast that attracts many people and that arises in 1545 when a fisherman, Onofrio Buscemi, received a miracle and to thank the Virgin built a Sanctuary to her. During the week of the feast there are three processions but the best is that on the boat, where the Virgin is brought followed by many little boats of fishermen, blessing the sea.

Roccella Jazz festival
Since more of 30 years during the summer, Roccella Jonica receives an important festival of Jazz music (its first edition goes back to the 1980) known as “Roccella Jazz Festival – Mediterranean Sounds” with very famous artists of every part of the world. Since 2007 it began to make concerts also in other towns of the vicinity, even though Roccella remains the main and most important place of the festival.

"The White Night"
Every year, from the night of 14 August to the morning of the 15, Roccella is animated by several entertainments: shows, concerts, food feast ect. As conclusion “Back to Flora”, remembering the disco on the beach of 70s and 80s, that was the attraction of all the Ionian coast and that unfortunately a sea storm destroyed.

Other events

"FESTA DI SAN VITTORIO MARTIRE" - Second Sunday of August.
"FESTA DELLA MADONNA ADDOLORATA"- Third Sunday of September
"NCRINATA 'I PASCA"- Easter morning
"BALLO DEL CIUCCIO" - 4 of August

Useful links

Roccella Jazz Fest

Comune di Roccella Jonica

Calabria Terra di Festival - Risorsa online sugli eventi calabresi

MUSABA - Parco Museo Laboratorio all'aperto - Mammola (Rc)

* Sources: Wikipedia - Sito Comune di Roccella Jonica