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Get a taste for red onions in Ricadi
Red onions are the ingredient laureate in Capo Vaticano. They’re grown in the town of Tropea and made into everything from pasta sauce to jam. Pop into the town of Ricadi and you’ll find a cluster of traditional restaurants with red onion dishes on the menu. If you want a double dose of local, try them stuffed with regional sausage meat inside.Ricadi hosts this annual festival. Stands are set up throughout the town centre for local producers to showcase their red onion goods. You can get your hands on everything from onion ice-cream to pate. The celebrations come to a close with a music concert.
Read MoreShopping tends to be spontaneous in Capo Vaticano. While you’re walking around you’ll often pass local houses with signs outside advertising the sale of home-made cheese and wine. Alternatively, head to Tropea on a Saturday morning to join Italian locals at the market. You can pick up everything from colourful beach bags to pots of onion marmalade here.
Read MoreNightlife comes courtesy of Tropea in the Capo Vaticano area. A taxi ride to this town takes roughly 20 minutes from most of the Capo Vaticano’s hotels. The bars and cafes in Tropea’s main square have seating areas that spill out onto the paved streets, and the gelato shops are open late.
Read MorePitch yourself on Santa Maria’s white-sand beach for the day. It’s just south of most of Capo Vaticano’s hotels. Watch the shadows of the fishing boats pulled up on the sand get longer until the sky starts to turn pink. Then watch the sunset over the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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