Morano Calabro

With its houses hugging the hillside, climbing towards the summit, Morano Calabro looks, from a distance, like a small and graceful nativity scene, with the majestic Pollino Massif in the background and, at the top, the ancient castle acting as sentinel and guardian. Its territory is included in the Pollino National Park and from the village the view is lost in a splendid panorama of woods and rocks. In the historical centre, you can still breathe in the medieval air with its narrow streets, subways and houses packed one on top of the other and worth seeing are Palazzo Rocco, Palazzo Serranù and the ruins of the castle, of Norman origin and remodelled in the 16th century. Finally, the local cuisine is worth trying, with its tasty meat dishes and pasta still homemade, as taught by ancient tradition.