Pizzo holidays live up to the traditional Italian rep. This chocolate-box town holds food and history close to its heart.
Old-style Italy
Pretty-as-a-picture Pizzo translates as ‘bird’s peak’, which is apt considering the town’s stacked on top of a cliff. Tucked away from tourists in Italy’s deep south, locals are still living ‘la dolce vita’, or the sweet life. And you can join them by pulling up a pew in the café-lined square, or sampling sweet treats that are an institution in this corner of Italy.
Belting beaches
On top of its beaut of a town centre, Pizzo's got a couple of sandy sweeps to holler about, too. The main action's on the clifftops, where terracotta-capped restaurants set up shop, and you'll have to follow the zig-zagging road down to sea level for the beaches. And when you get there you're looking at a couple of cosy coves and window-clear waters, with an easy-on-the-eye castle backdrop. For sands with a Caribbean feel to them, buzz along the coast to Tropea.