Hotel Blumentag, San Lucido, Cosenza, Calabria

Hotel Blumentag, near Cosenza

Sitting between the mountains and the sea, the Hotel Blumentag offers superior three-star accommodation in the town of Paola, on Calabria's Tyrrhenian Sea coast. You're just a short stroll from the beach here, with the hotel also lying close to the shops, restaurants, bars and cafes of the buzzing Santagata district. The town of Paola itself is historically important. Lying in the Cosenza province of Calabria, it was the home of the famed mendicant friar, St Francis of Paola (Francis the Fire Handler) and houses a national Catholic sanctuary.

The perfect spot to enjoy the sun and sea of Calabria then, while also being able to sample the cultural life of this ancient land. This is the 'toe' of Italy, the very south, much invaded (by the Greeks and Spanish among others) down the centuries. Accommodation at this Calabria hotel should suit everybody. Rooms are singles, doubles, triples and quadruples, with duplex apartments to accommodate four to six guests also. All rooms have minibar, air conditioning, bathrooms, safe, tea and coffee makers, ironing facilities, hairdryer, phone and TV. The apartments of course add kitchenettes - perfect for families.

This hotel in Calabria offers a buffet breakfast each morning, there is non smoking accommodation, and rooms set up for guests with limited mobility. Rooms are comfortably soundproofed, there is free parking for guests (with valet parking available). Nearby you have the railway station and the exhibition centre. This is Calabria's Tyrrhenian (west) coast, looking out to the Aeolian islands. Inland you have the beautiful Pollino national park and the Sila Massif mountain range.

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Double room from €45