Photography: Frits Meyst
Text: Jillian Macdonald

Squeezed in between the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas lay the mountains of Pollino National Park in Calabria. Overlooked by the tourist masses and with less archaeological sites then Tuscany or Sicily, Calabria offers peaceful treasures that are only now becoming apparent to tourists. This is the heart of the Mezzogiorno, a region where the summer sun scorches the earth and sizzles the pavement. In contrast, springtime brings green mountains, fields filled with colourful wild flowers, and pebble beaches stretching along the coastline under the cliffs, all of which is generally free of tourists.

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