Holiday apartment for max. 2 adults + 2 children
Badolato, Calabria, (Calabrian Mountains), Italy

One and two-room apartments in a medieval village with leisure and cultural activities

The building was built at the end of the 19th century and renovated in 2008/2009. It combines the splendour of the past with all the comfort of the present. It is located in the impressive medieval village of Badolato, which rises 240 metres above the Gulf of Squillace. The quiet location is perfect for relaxing and only seven minutes by car from the sea.

Depending on your requirements, there are three studios and two two-room apartments available. The apartments provide every comfort and convenience: terrace, kitchen area, spacious bathroom with shower, separate entrance, TV, free use of the washing machines and bicycles. there are parking spaces in front of the house.

For an extra charge, there is the possibility of booking half board. For groups of at least eight people, cooking, painting, yoga, and English courses, and courses on the grape and olive harvest, as well as excursions into the nearby surrounding area can be organised for a fee. At certain times of the year, traditional events of a religious, cultural, artistic and popular nature take place. It is possible to rent a car on site or utilise a transfer service from Lamezia Terme Airport (Sacal) or Crotone (Sant 'Anna).

The holiday homes are just 150 metres from the main piazza of the town and only 200 metres from shopping and dining options such as a small supermarket, bar, tobacco shop, souvenir shop, restaurant and post office. The village of Badolato has 14 churches, which together are arranged to form a cross. Typical Italian alleyways characterise the village. The beach is 7 km away, the mountains 5 km, the lake is 15 km away, and the airport 70 km.

Holiday Apartment in Badolato with Private Parking

HOLIDAY HOME - APARTMENTS - B&B SANTA BARBARA is acomfortable house, of the late nineteenth century, located in the ancient medievalvillage of Badolato. It has been recently renovated maintaining the atmosphere of thepast, with new apartments characterized by a wonderful landscape sea view.The HOLIDAY HOME is surrounded by a quiet and relaxing geographical-naturalistic context, just 10 minutes far from the sea.After years spent in Emilia Romagna, for work reasons and around the world fortravel reasons, the dream of the owners of “Santa Barbara” to regenerate revitalizethe ancient village of Badolato was transformed into a conservative restorationproject of the old grandparents house (a place of indelible affections and moments oflife and family joy).The activities services of B&B/ Holiday Home “Santa Barbara” started officiallyon 2008. It became reference point for many foreign guests, especially from NorthernEurope, thanks to a special offer of integrated and diversified tourist services andwith joint proposals for a slow, experiential, food and wine, cultural, emotional andsocial tourism.“Santa Barbara” is also able to offer several solutions for short and long stays,interesting experiences for authentic holidays linked to folk traditions and accordingto local history of the place and its community.The HOME HOLIDAY is equipped by several apartments (studios, two-room andthree-room flats) with every comfort, terraces overlooking the Ionian sea andmountains, with outdoor table and chairs, large bathrooms with shower, anindependent entrance, TV, air-conditioning (also for heating), use of washingmachine, WI-FI (fiber line/fast connection), bicycles available.“Santa Barbara” is located on the up-west-side of Badolato and along the main roadof the village in Corso Umberto I n°78. Badolato is a charming medieval village,which stands up on a hill 240 meters above sea level. It is only 5 km far from thewhite beaches of the Ionian Coast and 9 km from the wild mountains of SerreCalabresi Regional Natural Park. Badolato i a small crib overlooking the Gulf ofSquillace, with important religious traditions and fourteen ancient churches and manycharacteristic narrow-alleys.Nearby the village, few kms around, is possible to enjoy experience naturalistictrails, hiking trekking trails, stages of the “Ciclovia dei Parchi” (Regional Bike-Route of the Natural Parks), stages of “Cammino Basiliano” (Basilian Path) and theinteresting Kalabria Coast to Coast from Soverato to Pizzo Calabro. You can alsoenjoy sea-sports, diving and other outdoor acitivities, culinary experiences tours.HOLIDAY HOME - APARTMENTS - B&B SANTA BARBARA has got acatojo (ancient wine cellar) for convivial culinary moments typicallyMediterranean and Calabrian. “Catojo” is the down-side of the house. A place whichbe used, during the summer-time, for a restaurant service. It’s also used for culturalmeeting and culinary exchange, authentic social dining events moments. “SantaBarbara” can offer to own guests rural activities and experiences, especially on themonths of September – October and November, like: wine harvest, participation tothe olive oil season, culinary cultural tours, cooking classes etc. co-organized withother local partners.

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