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(Corso Telesio 46)
This venerable cafe behind the
duomo
has been run by the same family
since 1803 when the founder arrived from Naples and began baking gooey cakes and
desserts (cakes start at around €1.20). Sink your teeth into
torroncino torrefacto
(a confec-
tion of sugar, spices and hazelnuts) or
torta telesio
(made from almonds, cherries, apricot
jam and lupins).
Ristorante Calabria Bella
( 0984 79 35 31;
www.ristorantecalabriabella.it
; Piazza del Duomo; meals €25; 12.30-3pm & 7.15pm-mid-
night)
Traditional Calabrian cuisine, such as
grigliata mista di carne
(mixed grilled meats),
is regularly dished up in this cosy restaurant in the old town.
CALABRIAN
$
Per… Bacco!!
( 0984 79 55 69;
www.perbaccowinebar.it
; Piazza dei Valdesi; meals €25)
This smart yet informal res-
taurant has windows onto the square. Inside are exposed stone walls, vines and heavy
beams. The reassuringly brief menu includes a generous and tasty antipasto (€8).
TRATTORIA
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Orientation
The main drag, Corso Mazzini, runs south from Piazza Bilotti (formerly known as Piazza
Fera), near the bus station, and intersects Viale Trieste before meeting Piazza dei Bruzi.
Head further south and cross the Busento river to reach the old town.
Getting There & Around
AIR
Lamezia Terme airport
(Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, SUF; 0968 41 43 33;
www.sacal.it
)
, 63km south of
Cosenza, at the junction of the A3 and SS280 motorways, links the region with major
Italian cities. The airport is served by Ryanair, easyJet and charters from northern Europe.
A shuttle leaves the airport every 20 minutes for the airport train station where there are
frequent trains to Cosenza (€4.60, one hour).
BUS
The main
bus station
( 0984 41 31 24)
is northeast of Piazza Bilotti. Services leave for Catan-
zaro (€4.80, 1¾ hours, eight daily) and towns throughout La Sila.
Autolinee Preite
( 0984 41
30 01;
www.autoservizipreite.it
)
has buses heading daily along the north Tyrrhenian coast;
Autolin-
ee Romano
(
0962 2 17 09;
www.autolineeromano.com
)
serves Crotone as well as Rome and Milan.
TRAIN
