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Reggio Calabria · Calabria
Things to see in Reggio Calabria
In Reggio Calabria the atlas lists 70 historic places: 33 historic villas and palaces, 18 museums, 9 fortresses and towers, 6 archaeological sites, 3 historic theatres and 1 castle.
Of these, 4 list opening hours and 1 has free entry.
Don’t miss: National Museum of Magna Græcia (1882), museum in Reggio Calabria, Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (75% of dated places).
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The town
Reggio Calabria is a city in Calabria on the toe of Italy. It's a ferry port for the short crossing to Messina in Sicily.
Among the attractions of Reggio are the Riace Bronzes, a legacy of the city's Magna Graecia origins: together with the National Archaeological Museum that houses them, the two bronzes are one of the main tourist destinations of the city on the Strait.
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70 places
Villas and palaces 33
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Guarna Palace 
Palazzo Melissari-Musitano 
Palazzo Piacentini 
De Blasio Palace 
Palazzo del Monte dei Paschi di Siena 
Palazzo San Giorgio 
Villa Nesci 
Palazzo dei Tribunali 
Palazzo della cultura "Pasquino Crupi" 
Barbera Palace 
Spinelli Palace 
Corigliano Palace 
Palazzo Pellicano di Reggio Calabria 
Palazzo Romeo Retez 
Palazzo del Banco di Napoli 
Palazzo del Governo 
Palazzo Melissari 
Palazzo delle Poste 
Fiaccadori Palace 
Giuffrè Palace 
Palazzo Miccoli-Bosurgi 
Palazzo Nesci 
Palazzo Trapani-Lombardo 
Palazzo del Bufalo 
Palazzo delle Finanze 
Palazzo Mazzitelli 
Palazzo Zani Museums 18
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Museo dello strumento musicale Osservatorio sulla ndrangheta Museo San Paolo Silk Museum Centro studi Colocrisi Museo del Bergamotto Museo Storia della farmacia e Biblioteca Rabainisia Museo di biologia marina e di paleontologia di Reggio di Calabria Museo di Biologia Marina e Paleontologia Museo Nazionale dei Bergamotto Museo etnografico di Reggio di Calabria Museo Agrumario Museo del presepe Museo dell'artigianato tessile,della seta,costume e moda calabrese
Fortresses and towers 9
Archaeological sites 6
Historic theatres 3
Castles 1
Getting there
By boat: Boats for Messina in Sicily leave from the port of Reggio, and from Villa San Giovanni, 14 km further north. In Messina they land either in the main downtown port, or at the northern terminal 4 km away.
Bluferries. Hydrofoils (take cars) hourly from VSG to Messina downtown. On foot €2.50, cars €37-60.
Liberty Lines. Fast catamarans roughly hourly from Reggio Calabria, no vehicles. On foot €3.50 single, €6.50 return.
Caronte & Tourist. VSG to Messina only with car. With car €36.
Meridiano Lines. Ferries Messina downtown - Reggio Calabria (every 2 hours 24/7, taking 40 min). On foot €1.50, car €15.
Reggio ferry terminal is at 1 Stazione Marittima (just north of Stazione Lido).
By train: Long-distance trains from Milan, Rome and Naples call at Villa San Giovanni ferry port 14 km north, then stop at 2 Reggio Calabria Centrale, Piazza Garibaldi. There's a left luggage office inside the station, open 06:00 to 18:00. The plaza just outside is the bus terminal, with frequent connections to the ferry port. Lots of cafes and fast-food kiosks here.
Train fares from Palermo and Catania on Sicily do not include the ferry trip between Messina and Villa San Giovanni, although the ferry trip will appear on your ticket. You must pay the €2.50 fare at the ferry terminal (Oct 2019).
Regional trains run along the coast from small towns such as Scilla and Tropea to the north, and the airport and Palizzi to the south. These also stop at local stations within Reggio, e.g.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
The elegant main promenade is Lungomare Italo Falcomatà, paralleling Corso Vittorio Emanuele. Midway along is the modern Amphitheatre (Arena dello Stretto/Anfiteatro Anassilaos) 2.
For city strolling, follow the mostly pedestrianised Corso Garibaldi, which crosses the main squares of piazza Garibaldi, piazza Duomo, piazza Camagna, piazza d'Italia, and piazza de Nava.
Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria). From the 8th century BCE, many Greeks fled their homeland to settle in south Italy and Sicily. This "Magna Grecia" influenced Roman culture, and founded cities such as Naples and Syracuse, before eventually being absorbed into the Roman Republic. This museum shows their story and artefacts. The highlight is the Bronzi di Riace, two full-size bronze sculptures of bearded nude warriors, cast about 460–430 BCE. Duomo (Cathedral) (Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo). Rebuilt in modern Romanesque after its predecessor was wrecked in the earthquake of 1908. Castello Aragonese (Aragonese Castle) (at the historical centre). Just a masonry shell, sometimes used for concerts, you come for the panorama of the city.
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