Calabria
How to Get Around Calabria
Getting Around
Lamezia Terme International Airport, in central Calabria, is the region's busiest and best connected, with domestic routes to Rome, Milan, and other Italian cities and some seasonal international service. Reggio Calabria's Tito Minniti Airport and the smaller Crotone Airport on the Ionian coast serve the southern and eastern parts of the region respectively, both with more limited schedules.
Rail service runs along both coasts, connecting Reggio Calabria, Lamezia Terme, Cosenza, and Catanzaro, but the network is dated and slow by Italian standards, and it does not reach most inland villages or the national park interiors at all. A rental car is effectively necessary for visiting the Sila, Aspromonte, or Pollino interiors, and for reaching smaller coastal towns beyond the main rail stops; mountain roads can be narrow and winding, and drivers should watch for the sudden flooding that follows heavy rain in fiumara riverbeds.
Regional connections
How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?
| Route | Best option | One-way time | Travel Smart take |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosenza and Reggio Calabria | Train | ~2 hr 30 min typical, not a timetable | Better as a separate stay than a day trip. |
| Cosenza and Tropea | Bus or car | ~1 hr 30 min typical, not a timetable | Possible in a day, but it takes most of one. |
| Reggio Calabria and Gerace | Bus or car | ~1 hr 30 min typical, not a timetable | Possible in a day, but it takes most of one. Reggio Calabria is a workable base for Gerace. |
| Reggio Calabria and Tropea | Train | ~2 hr typical, not a timetable | Possible in a day, but it takes most of one. |
Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.