Christmas time in Pizzo!

 

The photo that Angelo sent me last night is so beautiful that I changed our facebook page cover for the first time to share the Christmas feeling in the South of Italy.

This week the temperatures are from 6 degree (lowest during night) up to 15 degree Celsius during the day. Winter clothes and heating is definitely required as occasional rain and wind make it feel more chilly.

 

This year's festive illumination (luminarie) in Pizzo is especially beautiful. On December 8, with the fiesta of the "immaculate conception", the day Italians traditionally decorate their homes for Christmas, a procession took place in Pizzo's piazza. I shared a photo and a link on Facebook. Click below and read more about this special day in Italy: 

Pizzo in April

"Questo mare e pieno di voci e questo cielo e pieno di visioni"

 - Pizzo Marina

We had a wonderful time in Pizzo this April. The first days, it was rainy and cold, and when the wind blows it feels even much colder. But after a few days the sun came out and spring was back. Without wind it then feels even warmer! We enjoyed lovely 20 degrees and up.

Everyday we saw people at the beach, even locals were sunbathing, and of course the usual crazy tourists from the Northern Europe who jump fearless in the beautiful clear turquoise but ice cold sea. Our son was one of them. With lots of aaah and iiihh screams he bravely swam at Pizzo Marina and even at La Seggiola, where the water was cleaner than ever without the usual little fishing boats around.

We enjoyed relaxing days in Pizzo, cleaning and ventilating the house, eating at la Nonna's house, trying the first

tartufo

ice cream of the season, inviting friends for dinner, reading books, spending a great time with visitors from Germany, going on little excursions, opening the boating season, buying local olive oil, making new friends, and participating in the Holy Week's Easter Processions.

We also went fishing, but the kids realised that they don't want to kill any of the caught fishes. We had to liberate the poor creatures (to my content) or the children would not touch any cooked or grilled fish at dinner. :-)

rainy April days in Pizzo

harbour project is still on ice ...

Spring in Calabria with little yellow flowers and olive trees

brave kids swimming at la Seggiola and Pizzo Marina

a reading session in the warm sun - warmer than inside the house!

a morning walk to the

commune

and stunning view of Pizzo from above

discovering a new great little restaurant in piazza: Il Cappero Rosso

best pizza in town at Il Cappero Rosso (photo: "Pizza Nera")

Beneditione

on Palm Sunday in piazza

most impressive the

'Affrundata

procession on Holy Thursday night from Dome San Giorgio to Chiesa San Sebastiano in Pizzo, centro storico

bye bye Calabria - with window seats on the left we spotted Capri and Ischia and Ostia antica near Rome. On a clear day, the vulcanos Stromboli and Etna (Sicily) can be seen as well.

During our stay in Pizzo, I posted on

our Facebook page

some more photos and videos. Check it out if you like. - One more month and we will be back in town! A presto!

Pizzo - Bella d'Estate con RAGGIO DI SOLE

To see the full video go to start or to youtube

At minute 15:30 they go towards the quarter Carmine, the oldest part of Pizzo, you will see the street works in progress and Palazzo Pizzo appears at minute 16:08, and "un balconcino stupendo" at minute 16:48. Luckily it was not my laundry day...

The video was shot around July 13/14, 2013. And I love it!

If I would not be here already, I would jump on a plane immediately! :-)

Pizzo from Above

 

photo via Pizzo e ditorni

 

When the weather is nice, there are sometimes ultralight aircrafts - you know, the one with the noisy lawn mower engine - flying above Pizzo. And they take sometimes really nice photos, like the one I found on Facebook via Pizzo e ditorni.

 

It shows also the situation of the lungomare project (I call it the harbour project on this blog). Planned in 2008, not even half accomplished in 2013.... There is no progress since about two years.

 

Below, I added in light blue the missing extension for the harbour (see original plan). It is all still dusty dirt area. However, I heard the new major wants to continue, he is just reviewing the project (since over a year, he is elected). Probably the funds are not there anymore....

 

missing harbour excavation in light blue (June 2013)

 

But let's see another dusty project finish first - the restoring of the street pavement in the centro storico.

 

  

 

Accommodation at Palazzo Pizzo Guest Residence

Are you planning a holiday in Calabria ? Want to spend some days in Pizzo ? Or just a stop-over in our lovely village and trying the famous tartuffo before heading to Sicily or Aeolie Islands ?

We decided we want to open our house for guests.

 

 

From July 12 to August 21, 2013 we offer a special Summer Promotion: 
No minimum stay !

 

No minimum stay allows you to enjoy Palazzo Pizzo Residence while still having time to explore more of Calabria and the attactive neigbouring regions of Italy.

During our soft opening we want to personally take care of our guests.
We love to see you!

Please contact us at palazzopizzo-info@yahoo.com for availability check

or

book via holiday lettings (from tripadvisor)

   

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For more information visit our new  Guest Residence Page