the heart of the Aspromonte National Park.

It 'a strip of land that includes 42 municipalities, offering simple rural vacations, in the beauty of unspoiled landscapes, full of history, legend and old traditions.

The first tourist resorts are to be found at Riace Marina, Marina di Gioiosa Ionica and Roccella Ionica.

More to the south, from the small plain of the Grotteria, you can reach Siderno, Locri, a Greek colony founded in the seventh century BC, and the small localities of San'Ilareo allo Ionio, Ardore Marina and Bovalino.

To the south of the River Bonamico, the most important of Aspromonte, departs the last stretch of the South Coast of Jasmine ending in Spartivento.
This section includes the beaches of Africo, Bianco , Brancaleone Marina and Cape Ferruzzano whose small cliffs breaks the monotonyof the landscape.

The Archaeological Park of Locri Epizefiri contains valuable evidence of the glorious history of the Greek colony of Locri; interesting are the excavations at the ancient site of Kaulon, (Monasterace), the old town of Gerace, the town of a hundred churches, and Stilo's famous "Catholic" church.