Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Villa Paola, Tropea
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location 20 minute walk to the beach
Annual opening 27 May to 17 October
Closest airport Naples
Distance from airport The hotel is around 5 hours' drive from Naples Airport
Hotel facilities and services
Outdoor Swimming Pool with Jacuzzi, Solarium, Terrace, Lounge with Library, Thalassotherapy Wellness Centre 7 miles away.
Out and about nearby
The 12th Century monastery, Santa Maria dell'Isola, the picturesque fishing town of Scilla with a castle and Tropea's beach and fisherman's caves.
Sports nearby
Boat Rental, Sailing and Water Sports, Golf 19 miles away.
Beautiful hotel and location.Mrs R, July 2019
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior double room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code EXH1787
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Villa Paola, Tropea
Poised on the cliffs above Tropea's shores, Villa Paola is a five star hotel with beautiful surroundings. Whilst parts of the hotel's structure date back to 1543, its traditional dark red and cream exterior and the colourful flowers of the gardens give an attractive and almost contemporary appearance. Inside, the hotel is a careful blend of modern decoration and traditional features. Perhaps the best example of this is the ancient cloister, now a lounge and library perfect for peaceful relaxation. The 11 bedrooms at the hotel are very light and offer views of the sea or beautiful gardens. The hotel's high ceilings make the rooms feel incredibly spacious, whilst an accent colour of deep purple compounds the sense of luxury. There is an abundance of colour in the hotel's garden, on the green lawns and in the flowers of pinks, blues, and whites. An outdoor swimming pool with a jacuzzi is found in the garden, whilst the multiple solariums make good use of the coastal location. The hotel's terrace offers panoramic views of the sea and surrounding cliffs and is the ideal place to relax outdoors. There is also a Thalassotherapy Wellness Centre belonging to the hotel just 7 miles away. Ideally placed for days wandering down to Tropea's beach, Villa Paola offers a comfortable stay with helpful staff in a beautiful location.
Room descriptions
Villa Paola 11 rooms with air-conditioning, king-size bed, bathroom with shower or bath, TV, mini bar, safe, hairdryer and telephone.
Beautiful hotel and location.Mrs R, July 2019
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior double room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code EXH1787
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Villa Paola, Tropea
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Villa Paola in Calabria, our clients usually fly to Naples airport. We recommend the use of a hire-car for a stay at this hotel and we would include it in the price of holiday.
Special offers
Call to make your booking and save an extra £50 per adult Call us instead of emailing us when you are thinking of booking a holiday and save an extra £50 per adult (in addition to any special offers that might be available). We want to talk to you to discuss your requirements and a phone call is usually the best way for you to define what you want enabling us to respond more accurately. We want to talk to you and you save an extra £50 per adult.
Beautiful hotel and location.Mrs R, July 2019
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior double room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code EXH1787
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Villa Paola, Tropea
About Calabria
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Calabria offers a traditional, magical glimpse of Italy that few visitors get to see. Historically one of Italy's poorest regions, Calabria - the toe of Italy - is a startlingly dramatic place, peppered with stunning hilltop towns that seem to grow right out of the rugged, craggy mountaintops. Formerly the site of rich and powerful Greek settlements, Calabria today is scattered with impressive ruins, and even shelters the odd Greek-speaking village and Albanian communities dating back over 500 years. But historically fascinating as the regions is, its great ancient cities such as Magna Graecia have all but disappeared, vanquished by centuries of fighting and conquest, malaria and earthquakes. Today, it is the region's nearly 500-mile coastline that attracts most visitors, with wonderful, wide beaches and secluded coves lapped by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas. Inland, Calabria offers superb scenery for walkers and explorers, particularly around La Sila, a breathtakingly dramatic, high-level plain with lakes, snow-capped summits and ancient woodland. Here you'll be able to admire the giganti della Sila, trees which are over 500 years old, six feet across and 130 feet tall, or ride the unforgettably panoramic narrow-gauge railway between Cosenza and San Giovanni in Fiore. A remote land, Calabria is full of unexpected beauty, and wherever you stay here, a drive down the south coast to Capo Colonna is a must. Here, formerly the site of a temple to Hera known throughout the ancient land, a single column sitting at the very edge of the Ionian Sea stands as a devastatingly haunting, wildly romantic metaphor for the entire region.
Highlights of Calabria
Cosenza, the largest town in Calabria, with a magnificent 12th century Norman hilltop castle and cathedral, and a beautiful, cobbled Old Town centred round picturesque Piazza XV Marzo; the serene cloisters of San Domenic chapel in Cosenza, and the 13th century San Francesco d'Assisi church; Camigliatello, a classic alpine village, and best base for exploring La Sila, especially the 130ft high, 500-year old pines in Bosco di Fallistro; the village of Taverna, where the church of San Domenico houses seven paintings by Calabria's most famous artist, Mattia Preti; the dramatic, superbly scenic narrow-gauge railway between Cosenza and San Giovanni in Fiore; the hill town of Caccuri, built around a restored castle; the museum at Reggio Calabria, housing a superb collection of Greek and Roman sculptures and artefacts; the seaside resort of Tropea, famous for its delicious red onions, and a 20-mile beach stretches all the way from Pizzo up to Capo Vaticano; the beaches of Scilla; the passeggiatta at Amantea, a lovely seaside town with lively nightlife; Pizzo, whose intimate central piazza, hemmed in by ancient houses, is a superb spot to sit and enjoy the local delicacy of black truffle ice cream.
