Calabria's Coast Steps Into the Light

The New York Times has published a feature on the Calabrian coast, describing Italy's overlooked deep-south region as a shoreline of ancient towns and gorgeous beaches, teeming with traces of past civilizations in its traditions, cuisine and festivals. The piece, published on Monday, marks a rare moment of international attention for a region more often associated with organised crime and migrant landings than with tourism.

For the Calabria bureau of La Veduta, the feature is a reminder of the gap between how the world sees this region and what it actually offers. The NYT's travel section has turned its lens on a coast that runs from the Tyrrhenian to the Ionian Sea, past villages built on Greek and Byzantine foundations, where bergamot grows and festivals carry the memory of Magna Graecia.